Tamatha Barbeau, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Francis Marion University

Practice Bird Identification

This page is just for help in learning to identify some birds.
Use your cursor to scroll over each image to learn what the birds are.

Here is a list of some different types of birds:
Long-legged wading birds Ducks and duck-like birds Upright perching water birds Loons  
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         



Upper mandibleLower mandibleChinThroatLoresMalarAuricularsEye lineOrbital ring feathers around eye)SuperciliumCrown stripeMedian crown stripeForeheadNapeChinLoreseye lineSupercilum (has supercilary stripe)Median crown stripeCrownThroatMalarChestBellyRumpNapeUpper tail covertsTailPrimaries covertsforeheadbackauriculars


Median crown (stripe)crown (this bird has a crown stripe)supercilum (this bird has a supercilium stripe)loreseyelineauricularsnapechinthroatmalar (this bird has 2 malar strips)foreheadupper mandiblelower mandibleside of neckbellybreastthighsthighstailundertail covertsupper tail covertsrumpbackprimaries (flight feathers)coverts (this image doesn't delineate greater, lesser coverts)orbital eye ringscapularsflankside


primaries (attached to carpo-metacarpal bones)tertialshumerus (bone)ulna (bone)radius (bone)greater primary covertsmiddle covertsalula (attached to digit 1)marginal covertscarpometacarpusLesser coverts