Trivia Quiz on Bird Identification

1. By what name is the bird Pica Pica better known

A) Crow

B) Raven

C) Magpie

D) Pigeon

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2. Name one of the birds which Noah released from the Ark

A) Crow

B) Sparrow

C) Raven

D) Eagle

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3. Black and white seabird with small wings

A) Penguin

B) Auk

C) Gull

D) Albatross

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4. What are scaup

A) Wild ducks

B) Mammals

C) Reptiles

D) Fish

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5. What is an aasvogel

A) A vulture

B) A type of eagle

C) A kind of hawk

D) A species of stork

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6. What is the most common breeding bird in the US

A) American Robin

B) House Sparrow

C) Red Winged Blackbird

D) Northern Cardinal

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7. A Tiercel is the correct name for a male what

A) Eagle

B) Owl

C) Hawk or Falcon

D) Vulture

E) Sparrowhawk

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8. Which British bird is the largest of the European grouse

A) Black grouse

B) Hazel grouse

C) Capercaillie

D) Red grouse

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9. What is the more common name for the bird also known as the windhover

A) Hawk

B) Goshawk

C) Kestrel

D) Peregrine falcon

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10. The Windhover Is The Country Name For Which Bird?

A) Kestrel

B) Hawk

C) Eagle

D) Sparrowhawk

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11. Halcyon is the poetic name for which bird

A) Sparrow

B) Heron

C) Kingfisher

D) Peacock

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12. Who, or what is a trogon

A) A tropical fish

B) A rainforest mammal

C) A colorful butterfly

D) Tropical bird

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13. Smew, garganey and shoveler are all types of what bird

A) Goose

B) Swan

C) Duck

D) Falcon

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14. If you saw Fringilla Coelebs what bird have you noticed

A) The European Goldfinch

B) The Blue Tit

C) The Great Tit

D) The Chaffinch

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15. What Is The Most Common Species Of Bird In The World

A) Red Billed Quela (Finch)

B) House Sparrow

C) Rock Pigeon

D) Common Blackbird

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16. A wading bird with long upturned bill

A) Heron

B) Stilt

C) Spoonbill

D) Avocet

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17. Which African bird is famous for its ability to walk up to 20 miles per day and also for its legendary ability to kill snakes by stamping on them with its giant feet?

A) Ostrich

B) Hammerkop

C) Secretary Bird

D) Kori Bustard

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18. What is the tallest bird in the world

A) Emu

B) Cassowary

C) Greater Rhea

D) Ostrich

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19. What bird is sometimes called the Yaffle

A) Nuthatch

B) Sparrow

C) Robin

D) Woodpecker

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20. Diving sea bird with black plumage

A) Shag

B) Gannet

C) Cormorant

D) Puffin

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21. To which family of birds does the 'Linnet' belong

A) Passeridae

B) Sturnidae

C) Ploceidae

D) Finch

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22. Which Curved Billed Bird Is The Largest European Wader?

A) Curlew

B) Whimbrel

C) Bar-tailed Godwit

D) Oystercatcher

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23. Which Water Bird Has Brown & Black Feathers With A White Flank Slash & A Red Beak Shield

A) Moorhen

B) Coot

C) Purple Gallinule

D) Great Crested Grebe

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24. Native To America , What Type Of Bird Are Lewis's Red Bellied , Ladder-Backed & Nuttall's

A) Woodpeckers

B) Hawks

C) Finches

D) Owls

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25. What Bird , Sometimes Called The Peewit, Has Dark Green Plumage With White Neck & Underside & A Distinctive Green Crest

A) The Ringed Plover

B) The Green Sandpiper

C) The Lapwing

D) The Pied Avocet

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26. What travels in gaggles

A) Ducks

B) Flamingos

C) Sparrows

D) Geese

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27. What Type Of Bird Is A Teal

A) Goose

B) Duck

C) Swan

D) Pelican

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28. Which Has A Black Bill The Crow Or The Rook

A) Rook

B) Crow

C) Crew

D) Dove

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29. A jynx is a __________, also know as the wryneck because of its peculiar habit of twisting its neck.

A) Parrot

B) Nuthatch

C) Kingfisher

D) Woodpecker

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30. What is the common name for muscivora forficata, the state bird of oklahoma

A) Fork-tailed Flycatcher

B) Great-tailed Flycatcher

C) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

D) Western Kingbird

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