Birds Of The World 9 Characteristics - Eeb 433

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Rhipiduridae

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Australasian forests, broad bills with rictal bristles, tail long and rounded (commonly fanned side to side in an upward arc w/ wings lowered), usually muted colors, white corners on tail used to hunt insects

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Dicruridae

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Old World tropics, wooded habitats, plumage black or gray, often with modified tail feathers/forked tail, iris red, bill stout hooked and arched, well-developed rictal bristles, glossy and black, sit very upright

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Monarchidae

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Old World tropics and subtropics, wooded habitats, tail long to very long, common colors are black, white, blue, reddish, countershading is common, similar to flycatchers but confined to Old World

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Laniidae

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Almost worldwide, edge and open habitats, many ssp. brown or gray above, light below, w/ face and remiges black and white, bill strong, hooked, and sometimes toothed, tail long, narrow, rounded, known for impaling prey, very predatorial (perch up high and watch for prey)

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Corviidae

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Worldwide, terrestrial (highly adaptable), bill strong, nostrils round and feathered, gregarious, long lived intelligent and social, variable in diet, scaly strong tarsi

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Paradisaeidae

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Australasia, mainly humid forest, spectacularly modified feathers in males, wings rounded, legs short and stout, nostrils feathered, females plainly colored

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Petroicidae

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Australasia, wooded habitats, usually dark head and back, male may have bright red or yellow belly, flycatching bill w/ rictal bristles, forage low

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Paridae

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Almost worldwide, forests, often boldly patterned, bill small stout and sharp, legs short and strong, pattern on throat and head, kind of fluffy and chunky, blue tit (males have UV reflectance in feathers)

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Alaudidae

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Mostly Old World, open habitats from desert to tundra, sandy brown w/ white outer tail feathers, nostrils w/ bristly tufts, claw of hallux straight, long, and sharp, conical beak

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Hirundinidae

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Worldwide, mainly open habitats, bill short flat and broad-gaped, body slender, wings pointed and long (spend a lot of time in the air), aerial insectivores, migratory in temperate zones (have to follow food base)