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Crazy Bird Names from Around the World

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Wild Birds Mix : Crazy Bird Names from Around the World

Introduction:
"Buff-thighed puffley and racket-tailed coquette are just two of the hundreds of unusual bird names from around the globe. I've picked some of my favourites, see if you can spot the 'real deals' from the fakes. Give it a go, just for a laugh."


1. One of these is a North American species, can you spot which is the real bird?
    Lesser-spotted lawnmower
    Purple-breasted leafeater
    Green-backed barkstripper
    Yellow-bellied sapsucker


2. Another American species of wild bird for you to find from this tasty sounding foursome. Which is a real name?
    Stovebunting
    Ovenbird
    Barbecue chicken
    Hob warbler


3. This bird nests on Pacific islands and is a great ocean traveller. Which one is an actual species?
    Blue-footed booby
    White-fronted jug
    Great bristole
    Red-legged hooter


4. This is a species found in Australia; which is the real bird?
    Mottled toadmouth
    Freckled salamandergob
    Spotted newtmouth
    Marbled frogmouth


5. Europe and Asia now; which one of these can be found on grassy plains and steppes?
    Tiny twerpbill
    Small biggar
    Little bustard
    Lesser seedpest


6. This bird is an ocean wanderer; which one is the correct name?
    Tawny tugbird
    Magnificent frigatebird
    Portuguese man-o'-war petrel
    Great galleon gull


7. Here is another sea-faring bird for you to identify. Which of these is a real species?
    Orange-crowned bigears
    White-capped noddy
    Yellow-browed elfbird
    Flat-footed plodplover


8. South America for this one; find the real bird's name out of these.
    Ginger-crowned recluse
    Black-moustached monk
    Bald pilgrim
    White-bearded hermit


9. Another list of daft sounding names; but a South American species of bird is stuck with one of them. Which one?
    Green-breasted mango
    Red-crested papaya
    Blue-cheeked cherry
    Fruit-salad kiwi


10. An African species now; which one of these names is an actual name of a bird?
    Stupid thick-head
    Speckled fat-calf
    Striped skinny-elbow
    Spotted thick-knee


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