Ornithology ID Practice

[quizbowl]

quiz bowl is right! he can go. It is also found in the grand canyon, I guess it is pretty ugly

How is it sexually dimorphic?
Wingspan (cm)?
True or false: This bird has created hybrid species with the White-rumped Sandpiper

[amerikestrel]

This is a Dunlin. Juvenile, I think. Females have longer bills than males. Wingspan is 17'' according to my guide, so that would be... 40 something cm? And true.

[quizbowl]

This is a Dunlin. Juvenile, I think. Females have longer bills than males. Wingspan is 17'' according to my guide, so that would be... 40 something cm? And true.

Yay! I had 32-38 cm, but close enough.

[amerikestrel]

Name another species with a similar bright color, and explain how to tell them apart.

[sciolyswizzle16]

Scarlet Tanager
another species is the Vermilion Flycatcher, and the difference between the two is that the Vermilion Flycatcher has a black or dark streak across the eye area

[amerikestrel]

Correct.

[sciolyswizzle16]

Common name and gender
What is the conservation status of these birds?
How were they once threaten?

[amerikestrel]

Painted bunting, female. They are near threatened, and the population has been in a steady decline, I think because of trappers.

[sciolyswizzle16]

yup!

[amerikestrel]

Is this a juvenile or an adult? How can you tell?