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13 Cards in this Set
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Menuridae |
Australia, wet forests, males w/ highly modified ornamental retrices, bare bluish orbital skin, bill conical and sharp, feet large and strong, lack furcula, famous for extraordinary mimicking abilities |
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Ptilonorhynchidae |
Australia and New Guinea, tropical rainforest, bill stout, nostrils feathered, legs short but strong, males more brightly colored, females kind of dull green, famous for "bower" displays |
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Maluridae |
Australasia, tropical rainforest to desert, bill thin and wings rounded, tail long and cocked over back, male more brightly colored, plumage often with blue or reddish patches, often studied for mating systems (high rates of extra-pair matings, group living, and cooperative breeding) |
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Meliphagidae |
Australasia, habitats with flowering plants, many spp. w/ ornamental feathers, tufts, or wattles, also sometimes have casques or unfeathered areas on face and head, bill slender and decurved, wings long and pointed, eat nectar and pollen w/ brush tipped tongue (very important for pollination), often nomadic to follow nectar |
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Acanthizidae |
Australasia, variable habitats, small variable forest birds, "warblers" of Australia, brown plumage sometimes w/ yellow tinge |
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Oriolidae |
Old World, wooded habitats, bill strong pointed and slightly decurved, wings long and pointed, plumage often boldly colored w/ yellows, oranges, and reds, often w/ black mask or hooded patterns, pitohuis are toxic, incorporating toxins into plumage from diet |
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Pachycephalidae |
Australasia and Indomalaya, forested habitats, stout bodied and rounded heads w/ small but stout bills, generally brown or greenish birds, some w/ bright yellow |
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Vireonidae |
Nearctic and Neotropical, forested habitats, bill relatively thick and slightly hooked, head large, neck short, often w/ supercilium or "spectacles", body often pale w/ greenish or yellowish tinge, legs often blue or gray-blue |
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Campephagidae |
Old World (mainly tropics), variable habitats, strongly barred below or intensely colored, bill heavy and hooked, tail typically graduated and long, spine-like rump feathers, short legs |
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Artamidae |
Australasia and Indomalaya, diverse habitat but woodswallows in open habitat, plumage black brown gray or white w/ contrasting patches, bill often light blue gray w/ black hooked tip, often rounded cross section beak, big shoulders and short neck, woodswallows w/ long wings and short legs |
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Vangidae |
Madagascar, variable habitats, exhibited adaptive radiation w/ wide variety of bill shapes (shrike-like, long and decurved, warbler like, nuthatch like), generally black and white plumage, although some w/ rufous, brown, and even blue plumage |
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Platysteiridae |
Afrotropical, variable habitat, very small shrike like birds w/ moderately hooked bill, often w/ chestnut coloration or black chest band, very short tails, often w/ fleshy wattles around eyes |
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Malaconotidae |
Afrotropical, variable habitat, like shrikes but bill variably heavy and generally different plumage pattern (either black and white or grey or brightly colored w/ patches of green, yellow, red, and orange) |
