Interesting BIRD 'BITS'
Approximate diving depths OF SELECTED DIVING BIRDS
Mass (kg) Maximum Dive Depth (m)
Emperor penguin........................................................... 34 ............................................... 540
King penguin..................................................................13 ................................................ 300
Gentoo penguin.............................................................. 6 ...............................................150
Adelie penguin................................................................ 4 ...............................................170
Common murre................................................................. 1 .............................................. 180
Thick-billed murre............................................................. 1 ...............................................150
Razorbill............................................................................. 0.75 ..............................................140
Sooty shearwater............................................................... 0.80 ............................................. 65
Short-tailed shearwater...................................................... 0.60 ............................................. 70
Peruvian diving petrel........................................................ 0.25 ..............................................80
Common diving petrel........................................................ 0.20 ..............................................60
Adapted from: E.A. Schreiber and J. Burger, Biology of Marine Birds (New York, NY: CRC Press, 2002)
EMPEROR PENGUIN
SOOTY SHEARWATER
GENTOO PENGUIN
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Bird
Crow
Crow-Elkhart Black
Duck
Eagle
Eaglet
Falcon
Firebird
Golden hawk
Gull wing
Hawkeye
Power hawk
Road Runner
Silver hawk
Silverbird
Sun Bird
Superbird
Tercel
Thunderbird
Wing
Canadian PROVINCIAL BIRDS
Alberta: Great Horned Owl
British Columbia: Steller’s Jay
Manitoba: Great Gray Owl
New Brunswick: Black-capped Chickadee
Newfoundland: Atlantic Puffin
Northwest Territory: Gyrfalcon
Nova Scotia: Osprey
Nunavut Territory: Rock Ptarmigan
Ontario: Common Loon
Prince Edward Island: Blue Jay
Quebec: Snowy Owl
Saskatchewan: Sharp-tailed Grouse
Yukon Territory: Raven
A Comprehensive list OF ASSEMBLAGES
Species assemblage is the term used to describe the collection of species making up any co-occurring community of organisms in a given habitat.
Affliction............................
Alacrity..............................
Annoyance........................
Apology.............................
Aristocracy........................
Bazaar...............................
Beaker...............................
Bevy..................................
Boil....................................
Bouquet............................
Brace................................
Brood................................
Bubbling...........................
Bugle.................................
Building.............................
Cast..................................
Chain................................
Charm...............................
Chatter..............................
Chattering.........................
Cheer................................
Clamour............................
Clan...................................
Cleavage...........................
Cluster...............................
Clutch................................
Colony...............................
Commotion or covert........
Company..........................
Congregation....................
Convocation......................
Coven................................
Cover................................
Covey................................
Creep................................
Crowd...............................
Deceit or desert................
Descent.............................
Dissimulation.....................
Duet..................................
Dule...................................
Elegance...........................
Exalting/exaltation.............
Fall....................................
Farce.................................
Feint..................................
Flamboyance, flurry..........
Flight.................................
Flute..................................
Flock.................................
Gaggle..............................
Galaxy...............................
Gang.................................
Gatling..............................
Glide.................................
Glister................................
Gulp..................................
Herd..................................
Horde................................
Host...................................
Jubilee..............................
Kettle.................................
Knob.................................
Leash................................
Loomery............................
starlings
pipits
house sparrows
sparrows
waxwings
guillemots, murres
pelicans
quail, swans
hawks
pheasants
pheasants, mallards, birds (on ground)
hens, chicks
wrens
cranes
rooks
falcons, hawks
bobolinks
finches, hummingbirds, magpies
chickadees
chickadees, starlings
vireos
rooks
crows
shearwaters
knots
chicks
gulls, penguins
coots
wigeon, parrots
cardinals, plovers
eagles
vultures
coots
grouse, quail, partridge
nuthatches
ibis
lapwings
woodpeckers
birds
turtle (doves)
doves
terns
larks
woodcock
jays
killdeer
flamingos
doves, swallows
thrushes
geese or ducks (in air)
geese
gulls
turkeys
woodpeckers
harriers
goldfinches
cormorants, magpies, swallows
curlews or geese
crows
sparrows
eagles
hawks
teal
merlins
guillemots
magpies
crows, magpies
starlings
peacocks
storks
thrushes
pheasants
pheasants
pheasants
peacocks
grouse
ducks
chats
owls
jays
doves
chickens
jaegers
turtle doves
waterfowl, woodcocks
pelicans
evening grosbeaks
ducks (on water)
turkeys
grosbeaks
ravens
virginia rails
kingbirds
martins
robins
seabirds
gannets
blackbirds, jays
thrashers
hawks
bitterns, cranes, herons
cranes, bitterns, herons
geese (in air)
soras
mallards
teal
snow buntings
flamingos
cowbirds
silky flycatchers
buntings
ducks
stilts
magpies
water thrushes
magpies
dotterel
ravens
birds (in air)
buzzards
snipe
kingfishers, nightingales
snow buntings
swans
swans
plovers
willets
seabirds
warblers
flycatchers
Motley...............................
Murder..............................
Murmuration......................
Muster...............................
Mustering..........................
Mutation............................
Nest...................................
Nide..................................
Nye....................................
Ostentation........................
Pack..................................
Paddling............................
Parlance............................
Parliament.........................
Party..................................
Peck..................................
Peep..................................
Piracy................................
Pitying...............................
Plump................................
Pod....................................
Quandary..........................
Raft....................................
Rafter................................
Rainbow............................
Rant, rabble......................
Reel...................................
Regency............................
Richness...........................
Rotundity...........................
Rookery.............................
Salt....................................
Scold.................................
Scratch..............................
Screw................................
Sedge...............................
Siege.................................
Skein.................................
Solitude.............................
Sord or suite......................
Spring...............................
Squall................................
Stand.................................
Stealth...............................
Strand...............................
Strut...................................
Team.................................
Teeter................................
Tiding(s), gulp, murder.....
Tinkle.................................
Tittering.............................
Trip....................................
Unkindness.......................
Volary................................
Wake.................................
Walk or wisp......................
Watch................................
Wave.................................
Wedge..............................
Whiteness.........................
Wing..................................
Wish..................................
Wreck................................
Yellowing...........................
Zipper...............................