Bird Species Set #4

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Horned Lark
Passeriformes
Alaudidae
Small sparrow-like bird with long body
Males have black mask with variable amounts of yellow on throat and head
Males have two erect supercilium (horns), however they are not always visible.
Black chest band
Dark tail with brown central feathers

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Horned Lark
Passeriformes
Alaudidae
Females lack the mask
Pale supercilium with yellowish throat
Long body
Lighter breast band than males
Dark tail with pale central feathers

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Verdin
Passeriformes
Remizidae
Tiny
Small, sharp bill
Yellow face and rufous shoulder patch

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American Dipper
Passeriformes
Cinclidae
Chunky and sooty gray overall with short tail, Stout, with broad wings

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Loggerhead shrike
Passeriformes
Laniidae
thick, sharply hooked bill, large mask, gray upper, white unders

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Rhinoceros Hornbill
Bucerotiformes
Bucerotidae
black in color, with white legs and vent and a white tail with a black band. Their huge bill and casque are orange and red. The eyes of the male are red with black rims, and white with red rims in the female.

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Blue-naped Mousebird
Coliiformes
Coliidae
Extremely long tail, red bill, red facial skin, crest, gray overall with blue nape, dark mask

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Belted Kingfisher
Coraciiformes
Alcedinidae
Shaggy blue crest, single blue breast band, white neck

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Belted Kingfisher
Coraciiformes
Alcedinidae
Shaggy blue crest, single blue and rufous breast band, white neck

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Steller's Jay
Passeriformes
Corvidae
Black head with long crest
Dark blue wings, with black banding
Broad rounded wings

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California Scrub Jay
Passeriformes
Corvidae
No crest with blue crown and nape
White throat
Sharply defined blue breast band
Whitish to blueish undertail coverts

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Canada Jay
Passeriformes
Corvidae
No crest
Gray and white plumage
Fluffy loose plumage
Short bill
Dark markings on head

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Clark's Nutcracker
Passeriformes
Corvidae
No crest
Black, gray, and white plumage
Long dagger like bill
Pale gray face and head
Black wings
White undertail coverts

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Yellow-billed Magpie
Passeriformes
Corvidae
Thick yellow bill
Yellow skin beneath eye
Long iridescent tail
Black head, nape, and breast
White belly and flanks
Flashing white wing patches in flight

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Common Raven
Passeriformes
Corvidae
Long thick bill with nasal bristles
Very shaggy throat feathers
Glossy iridescent black plumage
Black head, nape, and breast
Wedge shaped tail
Long narrow wings
Long finger like primaries

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American Crow
Passeriformes
Corvidae
Smaller than Common Raven
Smaller bill
Glossy black plumage
Short broad wings

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Yellow Billed Cuckoo
Cuculiformes
Cuculidae
Yellow, bi-colored bill
Long, staggered tail with white spots
White underparts
white under

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Greater Roadrunner
Cuculiformes
Cuculidae
Very long tail, mix of lighter and dark spots and streaks
Crested, long legs

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White-eared Jacamar
Galbuliformes
Galbulidae
White “ears” (auricular patches)
Aerial foraging strategy
Chestnut body with pinkish bill and red feet
Large eyes

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Barn Swallow
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Dark glossy blue-black head, back, and dorsal wings
Burnt orange throat and forehead, extends down the belly on males
Long primary projections (extending past tail)
Deep forked-tail
Females have a lighter chest and belly

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Barn Swallow
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Dark glossy blue-black head, back, and dorsal wings
Burnt orange throat and forehead, extends down the belly on males
Long primary projections (extending past tail)
Deep forked-tail
Females have a lighter chest and belly

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Cliff Swallow
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Dark glossy blue-black crown, with pale forehead
Burnt orange throat with pale collar
Buff colored belly
Primary projections = tail length
Flat edged tail
Pale orange rump

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Tree Swallow
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Uniform upperside dark iridescent blue-black
White throat, belly, and undertail coverts
Broader wings, primary projections slightly longer than tail
Notched tail
Small white crescent on sides of rump

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Tree Swallow
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Uniform upperside dark iridescent blue-black
White throat, belly, and undertail coverts
Broader wings, primary projections slightly longer than tail
Notched tail
Small white crescent on sides of rump

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Violet-green swallow
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Dark green-iridescent crown, nape, and mantle fading to dark purple-iridescent mid-wing and rump
White throat extending above the eye
Long-narrow wings, primary projections > tail length
Notched tail
White patches on sides of rump

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Northern rough-winged swallow
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Uniform brown above (dorsal side)
Lighter drab underside
Drab buffy throat
Primary projections = tail length
Square tail
Broad white undertail coverts

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Bank Swallow
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Drab gray dorsal (upper) side
White flanks, belly, and undertail coverts
White throat extending behind auriculars
Distinct gray breast band
Primary projections = tail length
Long, notched tail
Thin wings

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Purple Martin
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Males are uniform blueish-black
Females have gray collar, forehead, and dingy gray brown throat, chest, and flanks
Primary projections = tail length
Notched tail
Dark wings

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Purple Martin
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Males are uniform blueish-black
Females have gray collar, forehead, and dingy gray brown throat, chest, and flanks
Primary projections = tail length
Notched tail
Dark wings

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Cuckoo-Roller
Leptosomiformes
Leptosomidae
Sexual dimorphism
Inhabits forests and altered landscapes of Madagascar and nearby islands
Male – iridescent green on top, white on bottom
Female – more subtle browns and spotting
Large bill, eyes are far back, small feet

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Cuckoo-Roller
Leptosomiformes
Leptosomidae
Sexual dimorphism
Inhabits forests and altered landscapes of Madagascar and nearby islands
Male – iridescent green on top, white on bottom
Female – more subtle browns and spotting
Large bill, eyes are far back, small feet

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Cuckoo-Roller
Leptosomiformes
Leptosomidae
Sexual dimorphism
Inhabits forests and altered landscapes of Madagascar and nearby islands
Male – iridescent green on top, white on bottom
Female – more subtle browns and spotting
Large bill, eyes are far back, small feet

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White breasted mesite
Mesitornithiformes
Mesitornithidae
Medium sized ground-dwelling bird, chunky body, small head, long, thick tail
White supercilium and dark malar stripes, gray fading to chestnut body, spotting on side of breast, barred belly, white breast

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Fisher's Turaco
Musophagiformes
Musophagidae
Crested bird with crest and nape tinged red, blue-green body, and green head, neck, and breast
Red eye with red, black, and white patterning around eye
Strong legs, short and rounded wings

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Hoatzin
Opisthocomiformes
Opisthocomidae
Long crests, large bodies, long tails with thick banding, blue flesh around eyes, various brown and tan shades in bands and stripes on bodies

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Black capped Chickadee
Passeriformes
Paridae
Black cap and throat
White Cheeks
Buffy fluffy flanks
light tan body

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Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Passeriformes
Paridae
Black throat with black-rusty tinged cap
White Cheeks
Chestnut brown or rufous mantle

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Mountain Chickadee
Passeriformes
Paridae
Black cap and throat
White supercilium or “brow”
Gray fluffy flanks

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Oak Titmouse
Passeriformes
Paridae
Short crest
Plain drab gray and brown-tinged overall
Thick bill

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Bushtit
Passeriformes
Aegithalidae
plump and large headed, with a long tail and a short stubby bill. plain brown and gray overall

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Wrentit
Passeriformes
Sylviidae
long tail and tiny bill, plain brownish gray with slightly straked pale pinkish bellies, pale eyes

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White-breasted nuthatch
Very large bill
White face and throat with darker crown
White underparts with rusty markings near vent

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Red-breasted Nuthatch
Passeriformes
Sittidae
Black mask
Lores all the way to nape
Orange-red underparts

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Red-breasted Nuthatch
Black mask
Lores all the way to nape
Orange-red underparts

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Brown Creeper
Passeriformes
Certhiidae
long, spine tipped tail a slim body a slender decurved bull, its back is mottled brown and the underparts are white

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Pacific Wren
Passeriformes
Troglodytidae
Dark brown overall
Dark barring on flanks
Short erect tail
pale supercilium

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Bewick's Wren
Passeriformes
Troglodytidae
Gray belly and flanks
Long white supercillium
Long tail
brown uppers

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Marsh Wren
Passeriformes
Troglodytidae
Brown crown with distinct supercillium
Black and white barring on mantle
Reddish rump and scapulars

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Elegant Trogon
Trogoniformes
Trogonidae
Bright red belly, green iridescent head, white breast stripe, long square tail with white/black bars, yellow bill, red-ish eye ring

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Olive sided flycatcher
Passeriformes
Tyrannidae
Distinctive dark, streaked flanks contrast with white belly and throat
Western Wood-Pewee has a dark vest, but much lower contrast
Larger, bulkier, shorter tail and bigger bill than Western Wood-Pewee

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Western Wood-peewee
Minimal eyering, faint wingbars
More delicate build and longer tail than Olive-sided Flycatcher
all gray body pale chest, peaked head, 2 wingbars

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Pacific slope flycatcher
Passeriformes
Tyrannidae
Brighter green than Contopus
Bold eyering slight teardrop shap and wingbars. olive above and yellow below

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Black Phoebe
Distinctive sooty black plumage contrasts sharply with white belly, peaked head

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Ash-throated flycatcher
Large bill, head, and crest
Only Tyrannid on your list with rusty color in the wings and tail, gray face

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Western Kingbird
Passeriformes
Tyrannidae
Pale gray, rounded head with no crest
Yellow belly and gray-green back
Dark tail with white outer tail feathers, darkish mask

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Cassin's Vireo
Passeriformes
Vireonidae
Two white wingbars
Grayish hood with white throat
Greenish yellow flanks
Complete white eyering and lores
“Spectacles”
black legs, stout hooked bill

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Hutton's Vireo
Passeriformes
Vireonidae
Two white wingbars
Covert tips
Yellow edging on flight feathers
White eyering (often broken)
stout hooked bill, black legs

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Warbling Vireo
Passeriformes
Vireonidae
No wingbars
White supercilium, lores, and undereye arc
Gives them a “blank” facial expression
Extent of yellow on face and underparts variable

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Passeriformes
Regulidae
olive green
Tyrannidae
Yellow on toes
Black bar at base of secondaries

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Golden-crowned kinglet
Passeriformes
Regulidae
rounded body, short wings, skinny tail, black yellow pattern on head, dark frown line

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Golden-crowned kinglet
Passeriformes
Regulidae
rounded body, short wings, skinny tail, black yellow pattern on head, dark frown line

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Passeriformes
Polioptilidae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Tiny, long wren-like bill and long tail
Grayish plumage with white eyering
Black tail with white outer tail feathers
Male has black forehead

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Passeriformes
Polioptilidae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Tiny, long wren-like bill and long tail
Grayish plumage with white eyering
Black tail with white outer tail feathers
Male has black forehead

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Western Bluebird
Passeriformes
Turdidae
female dull gray upper gray belly, pale orange vest, blue tint to wings and tail

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Western Bluebird
Passeriformes
Turdidae
Males shiny blue above with rust orange extending from a west on the breast onto upper back, gray around legs

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Mountain Bluebird
Passeriformes
Turdidae
Uniformly sky-blue

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Mountain Bluebird
Passeriformes
Turdidae
gray with pale blue in wings and tail

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Swainson's Thrush
Passeriformes
Turdidae
Buff wash to the face and prominent buff spectacles
Tail the same color as back
lighter breast spots extend low

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Hermit Thrush
Passeriformes
Turdidae
Less distinct facial pattern
Often has white eyering
Primaries and especially tail are brighter red than back
darker breast spots

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American Robin
Passeriformes
Turdidae
Dark head with white eye arcs
Orange-red breast
Males slightly darker than females,yellow bill

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Varied Thrush
Passeriformes
Turdidae
Bold orange wing markings
Dark breast band separates orange throat and breast
Orange supercilum
Females much paler

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Varied Thrush
Passeriformes
Turdidae
Bold orange wing markings
Dark breast band separates orange throat and breast
Orange supercilum
Females much paler

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Thick-billed parrot
Psittaciformes
Psittacidae
medium-sized, bright green parrot with a large black bill and red forecrown, shoulder and thighs. Adult eyes are amber,

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