WIS 2552 Exercise 1 & Topics 1-8 Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
Both mitochondria and chloroplasts have two membranes. - Answer✔️✔️-
true
American Bitterns are in the same group as the _____. - Answer✔️✔️-Herons
Numerous species of flightless ____ evolved on oceanic islands. -
Answer✔️✔️-rails
All owls are strictly nocturnal hunters. - Answer✔️✔️-false
Female _____ are brightly colored while the males have a duller plumage. -
Answer✔️✔️-phalaropes
Kookaburras are related to the _______. - Answer✔️✔️-kingfishers
Owls have feet that are oriented like those of the ______. - Answer✔️✔️-
woodpeckers
The main food of Limpkins is ______. - Answer✔️✔️-mollusks
Herons and Egrets feed chiefly on ______. - Answer✔️✔️-fish
Hummingbirds are found only in the new world. - Answer✔️✔️-true
Wood storks and ____ both have un-feathered heads. - Answer✔️✔️-
vultures
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Whooping cranes originally nested only in _____. - Answer✔️✔️-canada
As a group, sandpipers all have very long legs and beaks. - Answer✔️✔️-
false
_____ are species that are related to Terns that feed by flying low with their
lower mandible in the water. - Answer✔️✔️-skimmers
A grey-tailed Mountain Gem is a species of - Answer✔️✔️-hummingbird
All plovers either lack or have vestigal (=reduced) ________. - Answer✔️✔️-
hallux
In the American Southwest as many as _____ Hummingbird species are
known to occur. - Answer✔️✔️-17
Roseate Spoonbills are in the same group as the ______. - Answer✔️✔️-
herons
The Dodos and Solitaires were native only to the ______. - Answer✔️✔️-
mascarenes
Toucanets are related to ______. - Answer✔️✔️-woodpeckers
Limpkins are in the same group as the ______. - Answer✔️✔️-rails
The crested pigeon is native to - Answer✔️✔️-australia
The tawny frogmouth is a common bird in _____. - Answer✔️✔️-australia
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The ____ are mostly pelagic species in the shorebird group that feed by
diving for fish. - Answer✔️✔️-alcids
members of the heron and egret group are characterized by having ______.
- Answer✔️✔️-naked lores
The _____ are shorebirds that feed by spinning around in the water to stir
up food items. - Answer✔️✔️-phalaropes
Jaegers and Skuas feed on mammals and birds and are actually closely
related to _____. - Answer✔️✔️-shorebirds
Terns feed by _____. - Answer✔️✔️-diving from the air for fish
According to one reference there are _____ species of Hummingbirds in
Costa Rica alone. - Answer✔️✔️-51
In the eastern US there is ______ common species of Hummingbird. -
Answer✔️✔️-one
The Nighthjars and Tawny Frogmouth are members of the group known as
the ______. - Answer✔️✔️-Goatsuckers
Dodos were in the same group as the _______. - Answer✔️✔️-pigeons
Nuthatches and Creepers are members of the same family - Answer✔️✔️-
false
The yellow-bellied siskin is a type of - Answer✔️✔️-finch
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Currawongs are native to ______. - Answer✔️✔️-australia
There are ______ species of waxwings worldwide. - Answer✔️✔️-3
Shrikes are found worldwide except for _____. - Answer✔️✔️-australia
Mynas and Starlings belong to a family that is widespread on oceanic
islands but absent from africa. - Answer✔️✔️-false
The new holland honey-eater is native to - Answer✔️✔️-australia
The kinglets are a family found only in the old world - Answer✔️✔️-false
Three-wattled bellbirds are indigenous to the _____. - Answer✔️✔️-
neotropics
Horned Larks are not native to _______. - Answer✔️✔️-australia
The _____ family is the largest family that is found just in the New World. -
Answer✔️✔️-tyrannidae
The _____ are passerine birds that forage by impaling small animals on
thorns. - Answer✔️✔️-Shrikes
Thrushes are found woldwide except in _____. - Answer✔️✔️-new zealand
Honey-eaters were not found naturally in Hawaii. - Answer✔️✔️-false
The _____ are passerine species that are similar to swifts - Answer✔️✔️-
swallows
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