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Purple Martin (Progne subis)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Birds (Aves) › Songbirds (Passeriformes) › Swallows (Hirundinidae) › Purple Martin (Progne subis)

The purple martin, Progne subis, breeds throughout eastern North America, as well as on the Pacific coast and in parts of interior western North America and Mex...


Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Birds (Aves) › Songbirds (Passeriformes) › Swallows (Hirundinidae) › Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

The tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, breeds near water in open woodlands in most of Canada, in Alaska, and in the northern United States. Small localized popu...


Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Birds (Aves) › Songbirds (Passeriformes) › Swallows (Hirundinidae) › Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)

The violet-green swallow, Tachycineta thalassina, breeds in montane forests west of the Rocky Mountains from southern Alaska southward through western Canada to...


Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Birds (Aves) › Songbirds (Passeriformes) › Swallows (Hirundinidae) › Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)

The breeding range of the northern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis, includes most of the continental United States, as well as parts of souther...


Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Birds (Aves) › Songbirds (Passeriformes) › Swallows (Hirundinidae) › Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)

The bank swallow, Riparia riparia, breeds throughout much of Canada, in Alaska, in the central and northern United States, along the Rio Grande Valley, and in s...


Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Birds (Aves) › Songbirds (Passeriformes) › Swallows (Hirundinidae) › Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

The cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, is a highly social bird that nests in large colonies throughout most of North America, excluding the arctic circump...


Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Birds (Aves) › Songbirds (Passeriformes) › Swallows (Hirundinidae) › Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

The barn swallow, Hirundo rustica, is widespread throughout the Northern Hemisphere during its breeding season. It migrates southward into Central America, Sout...


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Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Have feathers and lay eggs

Use gills to breathe

Have hair, feed young milk, warm blooded.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Long cylindrical body. Have a fluid-filled cavity (coelom) between the outer body wall and the gut that is typically segmented into a series of compartments.

Hard exoskeleton, two compound eyes, two paris of antennae, three paris of mouth parts. Aquatic, gill breathing.

Identified by mandible mouth parts and 3 distinct body parts (head, thorax, abdomen).

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa gibsoni)

Beach-dune Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hirticollis)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hirticollis corpuscula)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela limbata)

Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle (Cicindela albissima)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nevadica)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nevadica tubensis)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nigrocoerulea)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela obsoleta)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica kirbyi)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica moapana)

Little White Tiger Beetle (Cicindela lepida)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela purpurea)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela purpurea audubonii)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela longilabris)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nebraskana)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela oregona)

Maricopa Tiger Beetle (Cicindela oregona maricopa)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela oregona navajoensis)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela decemnotata)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela fulgida)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela parowana)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tenuicincta)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela willistoni)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela willistoni echo)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela punctulata)

Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus cognatus)

Arizona Toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus)

Canyon Treefrog (Dryophytes arenicolor)

Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata)

Pacific Treefrog (Hyliola sierrae)

Baja California Treefrog (Hyliola hypochondriaca)

Great Basin Spadefoot (Spea intermontana)

Mexican Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata)

Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)

Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)

Yavapai Leopard Frog (Lithobates yavapaiensis)

Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

(Cicindela limbalis)

(Cicindela tranquebarica parallelonota)

(Cicindela repanda repanda)

Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)

Woodhouse's Toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii)

(Cicindela tranquebarica lassenica)

American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

(Cicindela longilabris perviridis)

Plains Spadefoot (Spea bombifrons)

(Cicindela purpurea cimarrona)

(Cicindela fulgida fulgida)

(Cicindela parowana remittens)

Red-spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus)

(Cicindela tranquebarica tranquebarica)

(Cicindela longilabris laurentii)

Relict Leopard Frog (Lithobates onca)

(Cicindela oregona guttifera)

(Cicindela oregona oregona)

(Cicindela nigrocoerulea nigrocoerulea)

(Cicindela parowana parowana)

(Cicindela repanda tanneri)

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)

Whooping Crane (Grus americana)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

American Golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica)

Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)

Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)

Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)

Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)

Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)

Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)

Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)

Mew Gull (Larus canus)

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

California Gull (Larus californicus)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Thayer's Gull (Larus glaucoides thayeri)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)

Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

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