Animals to ID for Exam 3

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Animals to ID for Exam 3
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List of animals

• Bald Eagle
• Wild Turkey
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• California Quail
• Mourning Dove
• Rock Pigeon
• Barn Owl
• Great Horned Owl
• Annas Hummingbird
• Belted Kingfisher

• Downy Woodpecker
• Loggerhead Shrike
• Western Scrub Jay
• American Crow
• Barn Swallow
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee
• American Robin
• Northern Mockingbird
• European Starling
• House Sparrow

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Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

• National bird of the U.S.
• Dark brown body with a white head in adults
• 10 lbs, 6.5-foot wingspan
• Nearly wiped out by DDT
• Diet includes carrion, fish, small birds, and
  rodents

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Bald Eagle
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Wild Turkey(Meleagris gallopavo)

• Introduced to and harvested in CA
• Small featherless bluish head red throat
  reddish-brown legs dark brown body
• Males have red wattles on throat neck, as well
  as modified feathers called beards (females
  sometimes have these too)
• Females are 8 lbs., males are 18 lbs.
• Southern subspecies were domesticated by Aztecs,
  giving rise to domesticated turkeys in the
  Americas

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Wild Turkey
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Ring-necked Pheasant(Phasianus colchicus)

• Introduced to and harvested in CA
• Native to Asia but widely introduced throughout
  the world for hunting
• Male has bright brown barred plumage green,
  purple and white on head white ring around neck
• Prefer to run (rather than fly) when startled
• Males are usually accompanied by several females,
  composing their harems

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Ring-necked Pheasants
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California Quail(Callipepla californica)

• Harvested in CA
• State bird of CA
• Curved plume that hangs off front of head (black
  in males, brown in females)
• Dark gray back and upper breast scaled
  coloration on nape, shoulders, and abdomen males
  have black chin bordered by white stripes
• Found in dense, brushy cover, often in large
  groups

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California Quail
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Mourning Dove(Zenaida macroura)

• Harvested in CA
• Prefer open and semi-open environments, including
  agricultural and urban areas
• Population is about 130 million
• Colors are muted grays browns
• Mournful call gives it its name also makes
  whistling sounds in flight
• Eats seeds crop produces milk-like substance
  that is fed to young by both parents

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Mourning Dove
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Rock Pigeon(Columba livia)

• Introduced to CA
• Usually found in urban areas farmland
• Body is pale gray two black bars on wings head
  is usually darker gray and sometimes iridescent
• Natural range is western southern Europe, North
  Africa, southern Asia natural habitat is
  cliffs
• Introduced to North American in 1606

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Rock Pigeon
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Barn Owl(Tyto alba)

• Distinct white heart-shaped face
• Hunts at night almost exclusively by hearing
• Tawny coloration on body
• Diet consists mostly of small mammals, and their
  presence is often encouraged by farmers (Barn
  Owls eat an average of 3 prey items/day)
• Have a distinct shrill call

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Barn Owl
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Great Horned Owl(Bubo virginanus)

• Largest of Americas eared owls
• Feeds on grouse, rabbits, beetles, lizards, and
  frogs
• One of the years earliest nesters (sometimes as
  early as late January)
• Wingspan 40 60 inches
• Ear tufts reddish face white throat patch
  yellow eyes underparts are lightly barred

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Great Horned Owl
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Annas Hummingbird(Calypte anna)

• Glossy green on back green flanks gray
  underside males have red throat crown (these
  are the only hummingbirds with a red crown)
• Nests are 1.5 2 inches in diameter and is
  usually held together by spider web
• Like other hummers, these are highly territorial
  and capable of eating insects in flight (in
  addition to nectar)
• Native along the Pacific coast, but can be found
  as far east as Florida

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Annas Hummingbird
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Belted Kingfisher(Ceryle alcyon)

• Usually found perched along waterways, where it
  hunts for aquatic animals
• Slate blue head back white collar females are
  more colorful than males, with orange on their
  upper chests flanks
• Often seen hovering over water before diving in
  after prey
• Have rarely strayed as far away as Ireland,
  Iceland, the UK

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Belted Kingfisher
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Downy Woodpecker(Picoides pubescens)

• Smallest woodpecker in North America
• Mostly black upper parts on back, white
  underside, black white on wings males have red
  patch on back of head
• Prefer forested areas dominated by deciduous
  trees
• Nest in cavities
• Eat insects, seeds, berries, and can be attracted
  to feeders with suet

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Downy Woodpecker
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Loggerhead Shrike(Lanius ludovicianus)

• Characterized by a large hooked bill head back
  are gray underparts white black mask extends
  across the eyes to the bill
• Known for impaling its prey (does this because
  they lack talons) gives rise to other name
  Butcher Bird
• Diet consists of arthropods, small vertebrates,
  and other birds
• Numbers are declining throughout their range
• Subspecies on San Clemente Island is federally
  endangered

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Loggerhead Shrike
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Western Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma californica)

• Nonmigratory species most often found in urban
  areas also prefers scrubby areas
• Known for hoarding burying brightly colored
  objects
• Like many other members of the crow family, scrub
  jays are being affected by West Nile Virus in CA
• Usually a mix of blue gray on back, white below

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Western Scrub-Jay
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American Crow(Corvus brachyrhynchos)

• Harvested as a pest in CA
• Entirely black in color
• Known to mimic calls of other birds, even
  voices of humans
• Extremely successful, due in part to their very
  omnivorous diet
• Population is estimated at 31 million
• Highly susceptible to West Nile Virus are first
  indicators of virus in the area
• Highly intelligent, capable of using tools some
  insight learning

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American Crow
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Barn Swallow(Hirundo rustica)

• Native to Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas
• Dark blue-black upperparts, orange underside in
  males, deeply forked tails
• Migrate to North American from as far away as
  Argentina
• May fly as many as 600 miles a day in search of
  food for young
• Often seen in traditional naval tattoos because
  they never stray far from land, which meant
  sailors who saw them were near land
• Diet consists mostly of flying insects

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Barn Swallow
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee(Poecile rufescens)

• Native to Pacific Northwest western Canada
• May move along elevational gradients based on the
  season
• Prefer coniferous coniferous-deciduous
  woodlands
• Nests are usually 50 fur hair
• Glean insects other invertebrates from bark of
  trees
• Chestnut coloration on back, black crown and
  throat, white cheeks and abdomens

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Chestnut-backed Chickadee
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American Robin(Turdus migratorius)

• Gray upperparts head orange underparts, which
  are usually richer in males
• Like many other migratory species, males show up
  at breeding grounds before females compete for
  territory
• Only about 25 of young survive their first year
• Feed on earthworms insects, though they may
  become intoxicated on overly ripe berries late in
  the summer

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American Robin
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Northern Mockingbird(Mimus polyglottos)

• Long-tailed, gray, with white patches on wings
  tail
• Great imitators of other bird songs are often
  heard singing for hours on end on warm spring
  nights
• Aggressively defend their territories, sometimes
  against their own reflections in mirrors,
  hubcaps, etc. (sometimes with fatal vigor)

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Northern Mockingbird
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European Starling(Sturnus vulgaris)

• Introduced to CA
• Iridescent black, with a yellow bill orange
  legs
• Native to Eurasia, but introduced to Americas,
  Australia, New Zealand
• Have distinct chattering vocalizations
• Will eat almost anything
• Nest in cavities

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European Starling
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House Sparrow(Passer domesticus)

• Introduced to CA
• Males have black throat (bib), white cheeks,
  chestnut nape, gray crown nape
• Young are fed insect larvae, which can be pests
  adults eat seeds flowers
• U.S. population is declining, but currently
  estimated at 400 million
• One of three bird species in U.S. not protected
  by law (starlings and Rock Pigeons are the
  others)

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House Sparrow