1. IDENTIFYING BIRDS IN ZELUÁN Content Language Integrated Learning - FEBRUARY 2012
Identifying
birds in
Zeluán
SANTO ÁNGEL SALESIAN SCHOOL MOTIVATE – INSPIRE - EXCEL
The identification of birds is largely a Bill’s Colour.
matter of knowing what to look for. a) Black
We are going to do a process of white, or have some kind of b) Grey
elimination or description of some patches or bars. Some have eye – c) Yellow
factors which will give us a name. stripes, or masks, etc. d) Red
Trying to simplify all those e) Orange
a) What is its size? As we are not questions you will only have to f) Brown
going to capture any bird to get mark where it fits to the bird you g) Pink
its measurements in are watching. Patched: ………….
centimetres, we can compare it
with other familiar birds: for 1. Does the bird look like one of
example a Sparrow, a the birds of these groups?
Blackbird, a Pigeon, etc.
b) What is its shape? Is it plump Gulls
as a Robin; or slender like a Terns
Wagtail? Cormorants
c) What shape are its wings? Are Herons
they sharply pointed as Ducks
Swallow’s, or short and Pigeons
rounded, like a Warbler’s? Waders
d) What shape is its bill? Is it small
Crows
and fine, like a Warbler’s; stout
Others…
and short like a Sparrow’s;
dagger-shaped, like a tern’s; or Bill Shape / Legs
2. Bill’s Shape.
hook-tipped, like a Falcon’s? 3. Legs.
a) Long
e) What are its Field Marks? a) Extremely long b) Long c)
b) Short
c) Fine Medium sized d) Short
d) Straight f) Palmed f) Claws g) Long –
There are some birds which can fingered
e) Thick
be identified by colour, but most of Legs Colour.
f) Narrow
them presents more than one a) Black b) Grey c) Yellow d) Red
g) Sawed
colour, or have some parts e) Orange f) Brown g) Pink h)
h) Decurved
spotted, or barred. Even its wings Greenish i) Blue j) Pale brown k)
i) Hooked
or tails may be all black, or all Pale grey l) Others
j) Others