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Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Common Merganser, Mergus merganser is a diving sea duck whose habitat is forested rivers and lakes North America and Eurasia. They have serrated jaws that help grip their prey which consists mainly of fish, and crustaceans. They nest in tree cavities and for many, their range moves south in […]
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a diving sea duck breeding in the taiga of North America and , and migrating southward for the winter. They nest in woodpecker holes but will use nest boxes. They feed mainly on crustaceans, mollusks and insects. Bucephala clangula COMMON GOLDENEYE *Revised gallery with new images
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Common Eider, (Somateria mollissima) is a diving sea duck breeding in the Arctic and some temperate area of North America and Eurasia. It winters south in large flocks. With the exception of the Muscovy Duck, it is the largest duck in North America. They have evolved cooperative breeding,
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Cinnamon teal (Spatula cyanoptera) is a dabbling duck who recently underwent a generic reassignment from Anas. They breed in marshes and ponds in the western United States and southwest Canada and migrate to winter in South America and the Caribbean. They rarely show up in the east. One in this
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) is the largest diving duck in North America, where prairie potholes are its habitat. For the winter, they migrate south along the Mississippi and Pacific flyways to southern states and Mexico. The name valisneria refers to the scientific name of wild celery thought to be its favorite food,
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Gaviiformes (Loons) Family Gaviidae The loons were often considered to be the most ancient of the northern hemisphere bird families because of a similarity with the actually entirely unrelated extinct Cretaceous Order Hesperornithiforms. Now they are considered more modern and Anseriformes (waterfowl) and Galliformes (chicken-like) are the most
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Syrphidae (Flower or Hover Flies) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each subfamily. Eristalinae Microdontinae Syrphinae Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Syrphinae is one of the three subfamilies of Syrphidae. Most larvae feed on aphids. There are about 1600 species known. Family Syrphidae (Hover or flower flies) Subfamily Syrphinae List of species & genera Allograpta Allograpta exotica Allograpta obliqua Allograpta obliqua Allograpta obliqua Chrysotoxum Chrysotoxum Chrysotoxum Chrysotoxum Chrysotoxum Chrysotoxum Chrysotoxum Dasysyrphus
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Microdontinae is one of the three subfamilies of Syrphidae and have the common name of Ant Flies. The larvae live in the nests of ants as scavengers or predators. Most tend to stay near their host colonies and some adults have no feeding mouthparts. Family Syrphidae (Hover & flower flies)
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Syrphidae (hover or flower flies) Subfamily Eristalinae Eristalinae is a subfamily of Syrphidae and has a great diversity of species with different habitats. Many are outstanding mimics of bees and wasps. Table of Contents Biera species Ceriana abbreviata Blera analis Blera humeralis Blera humeralis Ceriana abbreviata Chalcosyrphus species Chalcosyrphus
