Quiz 3 (Charadriidae)

Ornithology Lab Birds – Final Exam practice

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a. single breast band eliminates everything but Semipalmated and this species

b. bicolored bill also

eliminates Snowy etc.

c. narrow well-defined band on forehead eliminates Semipalmated

1. Fox Sparrow2. Herring Gull3. House Wren4. Inca Dove5. Peregrine Falcon6. Piping Plover7. Pomarine Jaeger8. Royal Tern9. Ruddy Turnstone10. Sora11. Tricolored Heron12. White-eyed Vireo

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1. Fox Sparrow2. Herring Gull3. House Wren4. Inca Dove5. Peregrine Falcon6. Piping Plover7. Pomarine Jaeger8. Royal Tern9. Ruddy Turnstone10. Sora11. Tricolored Heron12. White-eyed Vireo

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the broad, messy breast band eliminates everything but Black-bellied and this species

dark rump eliminates Black-bellied

the large, white conspicuous superciliaries also favors this species

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Notice how much paler and grayer this bird is from previous

1. Fox Sparrow2. Herring Gull3. House Wren4. Inca Dove5. Peregrine Falcon6. Piping Plover7. Pomarine Jaeger8. Royal Tern9. Ruddy Turnstone10. Sora11. Tricolored Heron12. White-eyed Vireo

3the conspicuous white rump eliminates American Golden

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note all-black bill and hint of breast band5

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1. Piping Plover 2. American Golden Plover3. Black-bellied Plover4. Killdeer5. Snowy Plover6. Semipalmated Plover7. Black-bellied Plover8. American Golden Plover9. Piping Plover