birds, 7th edition. Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas. 829pp.
You will be responsible for the classification from kingdom through family and its
common name. You must spell all names or categories correctly.
Links at the taxonomic levels above family, take you to the Tree of Life Project. Links at the family level take you to sites at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Links at the species level take you to a collection of photographs on the Animal Diversity Web or to Southern California Natural History: a Multimedia Textbook. Use the "back" button in the top left corner to go back to the species list. If you know of photographs on the WWW to which I could link, I would very much appreciate the URLs.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Podicipediformes
Family Podicipedidae
Podiceps nigricollis (eared grebe)
Order Ciconiiformes
Family Ardeidae
Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern)
Butorides striatus (green-backed heron)
Order Anseriformes
Family Anatidae
Anas clypeata (northern shoveler)
Anas crecca (green-winged teal)
Order Falconiformes
Family Accipitridae
Circus cyaneus (northern harrier)
Family Falconidae
Falco sparverius (American kestrel)
Order Galliformes
Family Phasianidae
Phasianus colchicus (ring-necked pheasant)
Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie-chicken)
Family Odontophoridae
Colinus virginianus (northern bobwhite)
Order Gruiformes
Family Rallidae
Fulica americana (American coot)
Order Charadriiformes
Family Charadriidae
Charadrius vociferus (killdeer)
Family Scolopacidae
Tringa flavipes (lesser yellowlegs)
Order Cuculiformes
Family Cuculidae
Coccyzus erythropthalmus (black-billed cuckoo)
Coccyzus americanus (yellow-billed cuckoo)
. Order Strigiformes
Family Tytonidae
Tyto alba (barn owl)
Family Strigidae
Bubo virginianus (great-horned owl)
Asio otus (long-eared owl)
Order Caprimulgiformes
Family Caprimulgidae
Chordeiles minor (common nighthawk)
Order Apodiformes
Family Apodidae
Chaetura pelagica (chimney swift)
Family Trochilidae
Archilochus colubris (ruby-throated hummingbird)
Order Piciformes
Family Picidae
Melanerpes erythrocephalus (red-headed woodpecker)
Melanerpes carolinus (red-bellied woodpecker)
Colaptes auratus (northern flicker)
Order Passeriformes
Family Tyrannidae
Tyrannus verticalis (western kingbird)
Tyrannus tyrannus (eastern kingbird)
Tyrannus forficatus (scissor-tailed flycatcher)
Family Laniidae
Lanius ludovicianus (loggerhead shrike)
Family Corvidae
Cyanocitta cristata (blue jay)
Pica pica (black-billed magpie)
Corvus brachyrhynchos (American crow)
Family Alaudidae
Eremophila alpestris (horned lark)
Family Hirundinidae
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (cliff swallow)
Hirundo rustica (barn swallow)
Family Paridae
Poecile articapillus (black-capped chickadee)
Baeolophus bicolor (tufted titmouse)
Family Certhiidae
Certhia americana (brown creeper)
Family Troglodytidae
Troglodytes aedon (house wren)
Family Turdidae
Siala sialis (eastern bluebird)
Turdus migratorius (American robin)
Family Mimidae
Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird)
Toxostoma rufum (brown thrasher)
Family Sturnidae
Sturnus vulgaris (European starling)
Family Bombycillidae
Bombycilla cedrorum (cedar waxwing)
Family Parulidae
Dendroica coronata (yellow-rumped warbler)
Family Cardinalidae
Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal)
Spiza americana (dickcissel)
Family Emberizidae
Chondestes grammacus (lark sparrow)
Family Icteridae)
Agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)
Icterus galbula (Baltimore oriole)
Family Fringillidae
Carduelis tristis (American goldfinch)
Family Passeridae
Passer domesticus (house sparrow)
Last updated on 3 April 2008.
Provide comments to Dwight Moore at mooredwi@emporia.edu.
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