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BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 5 Ornithology birds Quiz B:. First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID. Then, you’ll see the full photo without the name, and then the photo with the name and perhaps some ID tips on specimens (not field ID). Throat with tiny spots.
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BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 5Ornithology birds Quiz B: First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID. Then, you’ll see the full photo without the name, and then the photo with the name and perhaps some ID tips on specimens (not field ID).
Throat with tiny spots Northern Waterthrush (Parulidae)
Devoid of distinctive markings, except for the “orange” center of the crown (not visible in the photo) Orange-crowned Warbler (Parulidae)
Brown back and wings, vague breast streaks, yellow undertail coverts. Palm Warbler (Parulidae)
Yellow throat and breast with blurry greenish streaks on breast; bold white wingbars. Pine Warbler (Parulidae)
Do not confuse this with any sparrow, none of which are are dramatically streaked below. Note faint reddish suffusion in the face and throat; the extent is highly variable but it is almost always present. Red-winged Blackbird female (Icteridae)
No other species has completely yellow head. Prothonotary Warbler (Parulidae)
Compare to House Finch: back suffused with rosy color, and underparts without streaks. Purple Finch (Fringillidae)
The only blackbird that is actually all black. Rusty Blackbird (Icteridae)
Many fine streaks below, but much duller, paler brown than Song Sparrow. Note trace of yellow in anterior portion of superciliary. Savannah Sparrow (Emberizidae)
Compare to Savannah: much redder, more broadly streaked; broad gray superciliary. Song Sparrow (Emberizidae)