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Beginning slides for bird identification at New Roads High School
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Order:
Passeriformes
• Comprised of over 5700 species, making passerines constitute half of all known birds.
•Mostly small land birds
•Sometimes called songbirds or perching birds
Family:
Corvidae
Jays, Crows, and Ravens
Which bird is this?
A. Western Scrub Jay
B. Blue Jay
C. Stellar’s Jay
Western Scrub Jay
Aphelocoma californica
What bird is this?
A.Western Scrub Jay
B.Steller’s Jay
C.Blue Jay
Steller’s Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri
Which jay is which?
Western Scrub Jay
Steller’s Jay
Notice thick bill
Crow or Raven?
Common RavenCorvus corvax(Much bigger than its relative, the American Crow)
Cornell Recording
Raven or Crow?
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Notice thinner bill as compared to the raven
Which is a crow and which is raven?
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven
Corvus corvax
Family:
Tyrannidae
Which bird is this?
A. Northern Cardinal
B. American RobinC. Western
Kingbird
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
Which bird is this?
A.Western Tanager
B.Black Phoebe
C.Hermit Warbler
Family:
Icteridae
Brewer’s Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Which blackbird is which?
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Family:
Thrupidae
What kind of bird is this?
A.Western Tanager
B.Western Kingfisher
C.Northern Cardinal
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Cyanocitta stelleri Western Kingbird
Corvus brachyrhynchos Western Scrub Jay
Tyrannus verticalis Red-winged Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana Brewer’s Blackbird
Aphelocoma californica Common Raven
Corvus corvax Steller’s Jay
Agelaius phoeniceus Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans American Crow
REVIEW OF Tyrannidae, Icteridae, Corvidae, and Thrupidae
Western Kingbird
Western Scrub Jay
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Tanager
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Raven
Steller’s Jay
Black Phoebe
American Crow
Cyanocitta stelleri
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Tyrannus verticalis
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Piranga ludoviciana
Aphelocoma californica
Corvus corvax
Agelaius phoeniceus
Sayornis nigricans
Family:
Emberizidae
Sparrows and their Allies
What kind of sparrow is this?
A. House Sparrow
B.Fox Sparrow
C. Black-throated
Sparrow
Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata
Which birds are these?
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
California Towhee
Pipilo crissalisNotice the streaking on the Savannah Sparrow as compared to the California Towhee
What kind of sparrow is this?
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
What kind of sparrow is this?
A.Fox Sparrow
B.White-crowned Sparrow
C.Sage Sparrow
D.Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Dark-eyed Junco versus Spotted Towhee:
Which is which?
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Family:
Troglodytidae
What kind of bird is this?
A.Grey-headed Sparrow
B.Rock Wren
C.Wrentit
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsolestus
Notice the longer bill than sparrows and wrentits
Recognize the bands on the tail
What kind of bird is this?
A.Cactus Wren
B.Rock Wren
C.White-headed Nuthatch
D.Pygmy NuthatchCactus Wren
Campylorhychus brunneicapillus
(The largest of North American wrens)
Notice the long curved bill of wrens
Recognize the white eye stripe
Cornell Recording
Family:
Timaliidae
What bird is this?
A.Fox Sparrow
B.Wrentit
C.Savannah Sparrow
Wrentit
Chamaea fasciata
Notice small bill and short wings
Long tail that is often held up like a wren, but is not closely related
REVIEW OF Emberizidae,Troglodytidae, and Timaliidae
Chamaea fasciata
Passer domesticus
Pipilo maculatus
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Pipilo crissalis
Amphispiza bilineata
Salpinctes obsolestus
Junco hyemalis
Campylorhychus brunneicapillus
Passerculus sandwichensis
Black-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
California Towhee
House Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Wrentit
Black-throated Sparrow
Amphispiza bilineata
Savannah Sparrow
California Towhee
House Sparrow
White-crowned SparrowSpotted Towhee
Dark-eyed JuncoCactus Wren
Rock Wren
Wrentit
Passerculus sandwichensisPipilolla crissalis
Passer domesticus
Zonotrichia leucophrysPipilo maculatus
Junco hyemalis
Campylorhychus brunneicapillus
Salpinctes obsolestus
Chamaea fasciata