QUIZ
1 OF TUCSON BIRDS
ANSWERS
Here's where you get to assess your current knowledge level and monitor your progress. Repeat the quiz (identification takes lots of practice), watching your score increase, until you are happy with your knowledge level. Practice with real plants and animals whenever possible. Students in BIO 109 can jump back to their species list here.
| Give
yourself 1 point for correct ID and spelling. Give yourself 1/2 point for correct ID but incorrect spelling. Note: click on #s below to see quiz picture; click on name to see spotlight |
A
= 26.5 points. Excellent! B = 23.5 points. Good Job! C = 20.5 points. Okay. K < 20.5 points. Keep Practicing. |
1.
Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps)
2. White-Crowned Sparrow
(Zonotrichia leucophrys)
3. Gambel's Quail
(Callipepla gambelii)
4. Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
5. Red-Tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)
6. Gilded Flicker
(Colaptes chrysoides)
7. Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
8. Turkey Vulture
(Cathartes aura)
9. European Starling
(Sturnus vulgaris)
10. Greater Roadrunner
(Geococcyx californianus)
11. Northern Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos)
12. Black-Chinned
Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
13. Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher
(Polioptila melanura)
14. Mourning Dove
(Zenaida macroura)
15. Gila Woodpecker
(Melanerpes uropygialis)
16. Curve-Billed Thrasher
(Toxostoma longirostre)
17. Black-Throated
Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
18. Phainopepla
(Phainopepla nitens)
19. Costa's Hummingbird
(Calypte costae)
20. Great-Tailed Grackle
(Quiscalus mexicanus)
21. White-Winged Dove
(Zenaida asiatica)
22. Cactus Wren
(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
23. Canyon Towhee
(Pipilo fuscus)
24. House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)
25. Pyrrhuloxia
(Cardinalis sinuatus)
26. American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius)
27. Harris' Hawk
(Parabuteo unicinctus)
28. House
Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
29. Northern Cardinal
(Cardinalis cardinalis)