Lab #4 Ornithology Biology 4142

 

Passeriformes (continued)
Alaudidae: larks
Horned Lark

Hirundinidae: swallows
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
(formerly called "Rough-winged Swallow")
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Purple Martin (male and female)

Corvidae: jays
Blue Jay
American Crow
(formerly called "Common Crow")
Fish Crow

Laniidae: shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike

Vireonidae: vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
(formerly called "Solitary Vireo")
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo

Paridae: titmice
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse

Sittidae: nuthatches
Brown-headed Nuthatch

Certhiidae: creepers
Brown Creeper

Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers (formerly placed in family Sylviidae)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Troglodytidae: wrens (note UV lights have reddened exhibit specimens)
Winter Wren
House Wren
Carolina Wren

Mimidae: thrashers and mockingbirds
Northern Mockingbird
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher

Sturnidae: starlings
European Starling (breeding and winter plumage)
[introduced species]

Turdidae:
thrushes
American Robin
Wood Thrush Ý
Hermit Thrush Ý
Swainson's Thrush Ý
Eastern Bluebird

Regulidae: kinglets (formerly placed in family Sylviidae)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Ý
Golden-crowned Kinglet

Bombycillidae: waxwings
Cedar Waxwing

Motacillidae: pipits
American Pipit
(winter plumage; formerly called "Water Pipit")

 

Ý note UV lights have faded the plumage of the exhibit specimens