Birds are reptiles by another name!

Reptile Quiz

Class Aves

    Avian characteristics

        -Originated from the archosaur lineage

        -Flight, feathers, lungs built for flight, hollow bones

        -Endothermic

        -Birds have large segments of their brain devoted to sensory information

        -Complex mating systems and behavioral patterns

        -Migration and navigation

Feathers are elongated scales

There are many orders of the Class Aves

    Order Sphenisciformes

        -Heavy bodies

        -Flightless

        -Flipperlike wings for swimming

        -Well insulated with fat

        -The Penguins

    Order Struthioniformes

        -Large

        -Flightless

        -Wings with numerous fluffy plums

        -The Ostriches

    Order Gaviiformes

        -Strong

        -Straight bill

        -Legs far back for diving

        -Heavy bones

        -Webbed feet

        -The Loons

    Order Podicipediformes

        -Short wings

        -Soft and dense plumage

        -Webbed feet

        -The Grebes

    Order Procellariiformes

        -Tubular nostrils

        -large nasal glands

        -Can drink salt water

        -Long and narrow wings

        -Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Petrels

    Order Pelecaniformes

        -Four toes joined in common web

        -Rudimentary nostrils

        -Large gular sac

        -Pelicans, Boobies, Cormorants, Anhingas, Frigate-birds

Blue Footed Boobie

    Order Ciconiiformes

        -Long neck

            -Often folded in flight

        -Long legged waders

        -Herons, Egrets, Storks, Wood ibises, Flamingos

Heron

Flamingos

    Order Anseriformes

        -Wide flat bill

        -Dense down

        -Webbed feet

        -Ducks, Geese, and swans

Mallard

    Order Falconiformes

        -Strong

        -Hooked beak

        -Large wings

        -Raptorial feet

        -Vultures, Secretarybirds, hawks, eagles, osprey, falcons

Andean Condor

Vulture

Bald Eagle

Redtail Hawk

    Order Galliformes

        -Short beak

        -Short wings

        -Strong feet and claws

        -Curassows, Grouse, Quail, Pheasants, Turkeys

Turkeys

    Order Gruiformes

        -Many different characteristics

        -March birds, cranes, limpkins rails, coots

Cranes

    Order Charadriiformes

        -Many different characteristics

        -Shore birds, Gulls, Turns, Auks

Gull

    Order Columbiformes

        -Dense feathers loosely attached to skin

        -Well developed crop

        -Pigeons, Doves, Sandgrouse

Pigeon

    Order Psittaciformes

        -Maxilla hinged to skull

        -Thick tongue

        -Reversible fourth toe

        -Parrots, Lories, Macaws

Macaws are large and have a long tail feather

Parrots are smaller and have a shorter tail feather than Macaws

Lories

    Order Cuculiformes

        -Reversible fourth toe

        -Soft, tender skin

        -Plantaineaters, Roadrunners, Cuckoos

Roadrunner

Cuckoo

    Order Strigiformes

        -Large head with fixed eyes directed forward

        -Raptorial feet

        -Owls

Owl

    Order Caprimulgiformes

        -Owl-like head

        -Weak bill and feet

        -Insectivorous

        -Whippoorwills, Goatsuckers

Whippoorwill

    Order Apodiformes

        -Long wings

        -Weak feet

        -Swifts, Hummingbirds

Hummingbird

    Order Coraciiformes

        -Large head

        -Large beak

        -Kingfishers, Todies, Bee Eaters, Rollers

Kingfisher

    Order Piciformes

        -usually long strong beak

        -Strong legs and feet with fourth toe permanently reversed in woodpeckers

        -Woodpeckers, Toucans, Honeyguides, Barbets

Woodpecker

Toucan

    Order Passeriformes

        -largest avian order

            -69 families of perching birds

        -Perching feet

        -Swallows, Larks, Crows, Titmice, Nuthatches, and many more

Crow

Swallow