Q1) Taxonomy: All birds are in the same kingdom (Animalia), phylum (Chordata), and class (Aves). At the next level, order, the birds begin to diverge. True or False?


Q2) Taxonomy: Whooping Cranes belong to what order?

Q3) Taxonomy: Whooping Cranes belong to what family?

Q4) Taxonomy: Whooping Cranes belong to genus?

Q5) Taxonomy: the binomial name given to the Whooping Crane is _________ ?

Q6) This species' name comes from its ________?

Q7) These birds forage while walking in shallow water or in fields, sometimes probing with their ______?

Q8) Whooping cranes mate for life and and live on average to ______ years of age.

Q9) At the end of March, whooping cranes leave their wintering grounds in Texas and migrate north to their breeding grounds in Alberta, Canada. This migration path is _____?____ and takes thhem three weeks to travel.

Q10) Newborn cranes (chicks) become fledglings (are able to fly) at about ___?____ days of age.