ZOOLOGY SERIES
Perching Birds of the World-Passeriform (Songbird) Families
Professor Nathan Rice
This course is co-sponsored by The Academy of Natural Sciences, located at 19th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Entrance for the course is on 19th Street.
LECTURES BEGIN AT 6:30 P.M.
- Thursday, January 31, 2008 - Orientation to The Academy and Bird Collections
Behind the scenes tour of the Bird Collection.
- Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 14 Families
Acanthisittidae (New Zealand Wrens) to Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
- Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 12 Families
Climacteridae (Australian Treecreepers) to Pomatostomidae (Pseudo-Babblers)
- Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 12 Families
Cinclosomatidae (Quail-Thrushes) to Campephagidae (Cuckoo-Shrikes)
- Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 17 Families
Irenidae (Fairy-Bluebirds) to Aegithalidae (Long-tailed Tits)
- Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 14 Families
Hirundinidae (Swallows) to Alaudidae (Larks)
- Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 15 Families
Passeridae (Old World Sparrow) to Icteridae (Orioles and Black Birds)
This course requires preregistration and is limited to 12 students. Students who have not previously taken the class will have first preference. Preregistration will begin on Monday, November 12, 2007. To preregister, call (215) 763-6529, ext. 23.
This class will focus on songbirds, the largest and most diverse clade of modern birds. Each week we will discuss a series of Passeriform families working almost exclusively from the Academy's world-class bird collection. For each bird family, we will discuss the key morphological characters diagnostic to each major lineage.
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