1. BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Gaviidae through Cathartidae First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID. Then, you’ll see the full photo with the name and perhaps some ID tips on specimens (not field ID)

3. Black-crowned Night Heron; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes The only heron with a black crown and back, clean whitish underparts

5. Blackish body and nearly feather- less grayish black head Black Vulture; Cathartidae; Accipitriformes

7. White Ibis; Threskiornithidae; Pelecaniformes Only the White-faced Ibis has a decurved bill like this, and it isn’t white

9. Wood Stork; Ciconiidae; Ciconiiformes Bare head like a vulture; bill decurved at tip

11. Tawny crown and center of breast; pale bill and legs Cattle Egret; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

13. American Bittern; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes The only heron with complex, brown plumage; note the blackish malar

15. Yellow-crowned Night Heron; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes The only bird, much less heron, with a yellowish crown; note uniform gray underparts

17. Turkey Vulture; Cathartidae; Accipitriformes Specimens never have heads this red, but they are never blackish

19. Green Heron; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes Small heron with green feathers in back, dark crown, dark reddish brown neck, breast, and face

21. Little Blue Heron; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes The only heron with reddish brown head (variable) and grayish blue body

23. Snowy Egret; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes All white heron with black bill Unfortunately the yellow feet don’t retain that color much in the specimens

25. Great Egret; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes All white heron with yellow bill

27. Great Blue Heron; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes Large gray heron with black crown

29. Magnificent Frigatebird; Fregatidae; Suliformes Large, black, long FORKED tail, hooked bill

31. Double-crested Cormorant; Phalacrocoracidae; Suliformes Large, black, relatively short tail, hooked bill; posterior border of facial skin relatively rounded; lores not feathered

33. Wilson’s Storm-Petrel; Hydrobatidae; Procellariiformes Small, blackish, white upper tail coverts; single elevated tubular nostril, visible even in this photo

35. Neotropic Cormorant; Phalacrocoracidae; Suliformes Like Double-crested, but posterior border of facial skin relatively angular, often bordered by white feathers; lores feathered

37. Least Bittern; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes Tiny heron with dark back and crown, tawny brown face and upper wing coverts

39. Anhinga; Anhingidae; Suliformes

41. White-faced Ibis; Threskiornithidae; Pelecaniformes Decurved bill and not white, so … May look black, but …

43. Audubon’s Shearwater; Procellariidae; Procellariiformes Blackish brown above, white below; note parallel tubular nostrils on bill (barely visible at the base of the bill in this photo)

45. Roseate Spoonbill; Threskiornithidae; Pelecaniformes What else could it be?