exotics class review: avian

So you think you

know Avians…

Question and Answer Samples and Techniques

Multiple Choice/True False

The following slides are possible multiple choice questions regarding anatomy.

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B.

C.

D.

E.

Pneumatic bones refers to..

The kind you need a wrench for

All the bones in a birds body

Bones filled with fluid

Completely hollow bones

Bones connected to the respiratory system

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

All birds are waterproof

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

Gliding birds have more pneumatic bones than most birds.

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

The major skin gland is…

Degreasing Gland

Feather Gland

Soloman’s Gland

Waterproofing Gland

Uropygial Gland

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

Which Bird Bones are Fused?

None of the Above

Furcula (Clavicals)

Synsacrum

Brain Case

All of the Above

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

Birds only have a glandular stomach.

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

What is Molting

None of the Above

All of the Above

What birds of the West do in the rain

When birds cant find a mate

The replacement of feathers

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

Birds breathe…

Through ET tubes with no cuffs

In one direction

With help from air sacs

Without a diaphragm

All of the above

Identify the species…The following slides are all possible identification

questions. Once you have an idea click and the answer will appear

Goffin Cockatoo

Red Sided Electus

Military Macaw

Moluccan Cockatoo

Soloman Island Eclectus

Indian RingNeck Parakeet

Scarlett Macaw

Blue and Gold Macaw

Blue Crowned Conure

Goldie’s Lorikeet

Green Winged Macaw

Double Yellow Headed Amazon

Peach Faced Lovebird

Plum Headed Parakeet

Green Cheek Conure

Yellow Naped Amazon

Red Lory

Blue Fronted Amazon

Budgie

Cockatiel

Umbrella Cockatoo

Congo African Grey

Hyacinth Macaw

Meyer’s Parrot

Black Headed Cacique

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

Sun Conure

Quaker Parkeet

Grey Cheek Parakeet

Zebra Finch

Masked Lovebird

Canary

Match the word in the purple to the definition in the gold. Work top to bottom and click between each to reveal the answers

Terminology Matching

Cap

Cere

Cheek

Cloaca

Closcal Kiss

copulation

Area bounded by lore, eye, auricular, and

lower mandible

Top of the crown

Fleshy area between the beak and face

Single opening in birds used for both repro

and excrement

Eye Line

Eye Ring

Flight Feathers

Gape

Gular Region

Between the chin and the foreneck

Primaries and Secondaries

Line of Feathers in front of and behind the eye

Pale colored feathers around eye

Base of the bill where the mandibles join

Horns

Jugulum

Lore

Mantle

Occiput

Rear portion of crown

Area between the bill and eye

Paired contour feathers arising from the head

Front part of the neck

Upper surface of the wings and the back

Alula

Auricular

Comb

Crest

Crown

Top of the head

Colored area over eye in males

3 feathers springing from the base of the

primaries

Area around ear opening

Tuff on the head

Operculum

Plumes

Ruffs

Wing lining

Rump

Area between the uppertail coverts and the back

Fringe of feathers growing on the neck

Swollen Structure in pigeons overarching

the nostril

Large conspicuous showy feathers

Median, Lesser, and marginal coverts on

underwing