Passeriformes Flashcards

(34 cards)

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Wrens

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Troglodytidae

Small-med brownish songbird, active and social. Thin curved bill, and short rounded wings. Tails cocked. Brown on top pale below. Many barring tail. Male and female look alike. Occupy scrubby habitat and undergrowth, from forest interiors to desert. Adapted to humans, several use boxes.

Marsh Wren, Cistothorus palustris

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Dippers

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Cinclidae

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Bulbuls

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Pycnonotidae

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4
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Kinglets

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Regulidae

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5
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OW Warblers and Gnatcatchers

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Sylviidae

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OW Flycatchers

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Muscicapidae

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Thrushes

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Turdidae

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Babblers (Wrentit)

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Timaliidae

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Mockingbirds and Thrashers

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Mimidae

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Starlings and Mynas

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Sturnidae

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Accentors

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Prunellidae

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Wagtails and Pipits

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Motacillidae

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13
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Waxwings

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Bombycillidae

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Silky-flycatchers

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Ptilogonatidae

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15
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Olive Warblers

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Peucedramidae

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Wood-Warblers

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Bananaquit

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Tanagers

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NW Sparrows

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Cardinals and Allies

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Blackbirds, Orioles, and Allies

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Finches and Allies

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OW Sparrows

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Tyrant Flycatchers

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Tyrannidae

Very small-medium perching birds w big head, broad flattened bill, short legs, pointed wings, most rictle bristles around bill base

Black phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, our resident flycatcher, females incubate, males bare incubation patch but unknown if they incubate

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Shrikes
Laniidae
26
Vireos
Vireonidae
27
Crows and Jays
Corvidae
28
Larks
Alaudidae
29
Swallows and Martins
Hirundinidae
30
Chickadees and Titmice
Paridae
31
Penduline Tits (Verdin)
Remizidae
32
Long-tailed Tits (Bushtit)
Aegithalidae
33
Nuthatches
Sittidae
34
Creepers
Certhiidae