Color Key to North American Birds - Part 87
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Part 87

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No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

125 White Pelican Peleca.n.u.s erythrorhynchos 73 126 Brown Pelican " occidentalis 73 127 California Brown Pelican " californicus 73

Family FREGATID?. Man-o'-War Birds.

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No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

128 Man-o'-war-bird Fregata aquila 73

Order ANSERES. Lamellirostral Swimmers

Family ANATID?. Ducks, Geese, and Swans.

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No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

129 American Merganser Mergus america.n.u.s 76 130 Red-breasted Merganser " serrator 76 131 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 76 [131.1] Smew Mergellus albellus A.V.

132 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 76 133 Black Duck " rubripes 77 134 Florida Duck " fulvigula fulvigula 77 134_a_ Mottled Duck " " maculosa 77 135 Gadwall Chaulelasmus streperus 77 136 European Widgeon Mareca penelope 77 137 Baldpate " americana 77 [138] European Teal Nettion crecca A.V.

139 Green-winged Teal " carolinense 78 140 Blue-winged Teal Querquedula discors 78 141 Cinnamon Teal " cyanoptera 78 [141.1] Ruddy Sheldrake Casarca ferruginea A.V.

142 Shoveller Spatula clypeata 78 143 Pintail Dafila acuta 76 144 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 78 [145] Rufous-crested Duck Netta rufina A.V.

146 Redhead Marila americana 79 147 Canvas-back " valisineria 79 148 American Scaup Duck " marila 79 149 Lesser Scaup Duck " affinis 79 150 Ring-necked Duck " collaris 79 151 American Golden-eye Clangula clangula americana 80 152 Barrow's Golden-eye " islandica 80 153 Buffle-head Charitonetta albeola 80 154 Old-squaw Harelda hyemalis 81 155 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 81 156 Labrador Duck Camptorhynchus labradorius 81 157 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri 81 158 Spectacled Eider Arctonetta fischeri 82 159 Northern Eider Somateria mollissima borealis 82 160 American Eider " dresseri 82 161 Pacific Eider " v-nigra 82 162 King Eider " spectabilis 82 163 American Scoter Oidemia americana 83 [164] Velvet Scoter " fusca A.V.

165 White-winged Scoter " deglandi 83 166 Surf Scoter " perspicillata 83 167 Ruddy Duck Erismatura jamaicensis 80 [168] Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus 80 169 Lesser Snow Goose Chen hyperboreus hyperboreus 84 169_a_ Greater Snow Goose " " nivalis 84 169.1 Blue Goose " caerulescens 85 170 Ross's Goose " rossi 84 [171] European White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons albifrons A.V.

171_a_ White-fronted Goose " " gambeli 85 [171.1] Bean Goose " fabalis A.V.

[171.2] Pink-footed Goose " brachyrhynchus A.V.

172 Canada Goose Branta canadensis canadensis 86 172_a_ Hutchins's Goose " " hutchinsi 86 172_b_ White-cheeked Goose " " occidentalis 86 172_c_ Cackling Goose " " minima 86 173_a_ Brant " bernicla glaucogastra 86 174 Black Brant " nigricans 86 [175] Barnacle Goose " leucopsis A.V.

176 Emperor Goose Philacte canagica 85 177 Black-bellied Tree-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 83 178 Fulvous Tree-duck " bicolor 83 [179] Whooper Swan Olor cygnus A.V.

180 Whistling Swan " columbia.n.u.s 84 181 Trumpeter Swan " buccinator 84

Order ODONTOGLOSS?. Lamellirostral Grallatores

Family PHOENICOPTERID?. Flamingoes.

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No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

182 Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 89

Order HERODIONES. Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc.

Family PLATALEID?. Spoonbills.

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No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

183 Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja 89

Family IBIDID?. Ibises.

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No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

184 White Ibis Guara alba 90 [185] Scarlet Ibis " rubra 89 186 Glossy Ibis Plegadis autumnalis 90 187 White-faced Glossy Ibis " guarauna 90

Family CICONDIID?. Storks and Wood Ibises.

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No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

188 Wood Ibis Mycteria americana 90 [189] Jabiru Jabiru mycteria A.V.

Family ARDEID?. Herons, Bitterns, etc.

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No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

190 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 91 191 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 91 191.1 Cory's Least Bittern " neoxenus 91 192 Great White Heron Ardea occidentalis 92 194 Great Blue Heron " herodias herodias 93 194_a_ Northwestern Coast Heron " " fannini 93 194_b_ Ward's Heron " " wardi 93 [195] European Heron " cinerea A.V.

196 American Egret Herodias egretta 92 197 Snowy Egret Egretta candidissima candidissima 92 197_a_ Brewster's Egret " " brewsteri 294 198 Reddish Egret Dichromana.s.sa rufescens 94 199 Louisiana Heron Hydrana.s.sa tricolor ruficollis 94 200 Little Blue Heron Florida caerulea 94 201 Green Heron Butorides virescens virescens 94 201_a_ Frazar's Green Heron " " frazari 94 201_b_ Anthony's Green Heron " " anthonyi 94 202 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax naevius 93 203 Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctana.s.sa violacea 93

Order PALUDICOL?. Cranes, Rails, etc.

Family GRUID?. Cranes.

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No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

204 Whooping Crane Grus americana 96 205 Little Brown Crane " canadensis 96 206 Sandhill Crane " mexicana 96