| A | B |
|---|
| Chordata | Animals with a backbone |
| Aves | Phylum of Chordata that birds are classified under |
| Migration | When animals travel from one habitat to another during the different seasons |
| Transient birds | Birds that migrate |
| Field marks | The differences in bird body markings that help in identification |
| wingbar | A horizontal marking of color on a bird's wing |
| crown | The top of a bird's head |
| passerines | Name for perching birds |
| Passeriformes | The order of Aves for birds with three toes pointing forward and one toe pointing back; great for perching. |
| syrinx | Voice box of a bird, more muscles = more sounds |
| song | A pattern of notes |
| drumming | Bird communiction via tapping trees, poles, etc to make a loud noise. |
| bird banding | Practice of putting tiny bracelets on the legs of birds |
| John James Audubon | Kentuckian who started banding birds in 1803 |
