Here are the 20 Aquatic Birds you need to know

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Here are the 20 Aquatic Birds you need to know

There are about 10,050 species of birds in the world There are about 10,050 species of birds in the world. You only have to learn 20

So as you learn each of your 20 species, ask three questions: 1. What adaptations does this bird have for an aquatic lifestyle? 2. What can you tell about its ecological niche just by looking at its body? 3. What recognition features does this bird have?

1. dowitcher Looooong beak Stilt-like yellow legs Speckled back

2. Horned puffin Counter shading High multi-colored beak Vertical eye-liner looks a little like a horn

3. Magnificent frigatebird Long beak, hooked at the tip Built for speed: narrow pointed wings; lunate tail Males with inflatable red throat patch

4. Razorbill Counter-shading Webbed feet White strip along beak

5. Storm petrel Dark gray (soot) color Webbed feet Tube nose

6. Hooded merganser Flexible black and white crest (males) Webbed feet Toothed/serrated margin on beak

7. glaucous-winged gull White with grey wings Webbed feet Pink legs Yellow beak with reddish spot on lower mandible

8. Galápagos penguin Typical penguin features: counter-shading, wings modified into flippers Only penguin found north of the equator Second smallest penguin

9. Roseate spoonbill Pink plumage Spatulate (spoon-shaped) bill Wading legs (stilts)

10. Common loon (“diver” in U.K.) Black head with red eye Black beak Striped and black collars Legs attached far back

11. Western sandpiper Thin probing bill Long black legs Slightly webbed feet

12. (American) avocet Thin upturned beak Stilt-like legs Two color phases

13. Great blue heron S shaped neck Stilt legs and wide-splayed wader toes Spear tip yellow beak Two dark pony tails

14. wrybill Dark collar across chest Only bird in the world with a beak turned to the right Endemic to New Zealand

15. Western grebe Black cap with red eye, long white neck Yellow beak Legs attached far back

16. Pelagic cormorant All black (no counter shading) Beak hooks at tip Small pouch (like a junior pelican)

17. Wandering albatross Gull-like appearance Tube nose Incredible wing span

18. Black skimmer Unusual beak with extended lower mandible Small legs Black cap

19. Blue-footed booby Counter shading Built for diving from the sky: even has permanently closed nostrils Blue webbed feet

20. American dipper (water ouzel) Chunky body with gray plumage Short tail Specialized scales that seal off nostrils when it dives