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Ducks, Ducks, Ducks

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Specific Bird Species : Ducks, Ducks, Ducks

Introduction:
"I've recently got really into bird watching - not as sad as it sounds - and I love ducks. I've written this quiz in honour of these characterful birds. Enjoy!"


1. This duck is the most common in the UK and is found all over the Northern Hemisphere. The females are speckled brown and the males have iridescent green heads. What duck is it?
    Answer: (One Word)


2. Ducks have 2 ways to feed. What are these?
    Surface Feeding and Diving
    Catching insects in flight and hunting fish
    Pecking and diving
    Feeding on reeds and eating egg shells


3. In the summer the male of this duck has chestnut coloured plumage and its bill is blue. It lives on marshes and shallow pools. What is this duck?
    Blue Beaked Scoter
    Ruddy Duck
    Blue Billed Shoveller
    Chestnut Blue Duck


4. Which of these is NOT a real duck?
    Pink Toed Merganser
    Red Breasted Merganser
    Common Merganser
    Hooded Merganser


5. This sea faring duck has amazing feathers. The male has striking black and white and the female is a dull speckled brown with greyish underwing. Which duck is it?
    King Eider
    Eiderdown Duck
    Common Eider
    Ferruginous Duck


6. Most wild ducks fly south for the winter, but what are they doing in the north in the first place?
    Breeding
    Stocking up on feed
    Visiting relatives
    Growing up


7. The male of this duck could not be mistaken for any other. Its plumage is many different colours including red, orange, blue and cream. It also has black and white stripes on its chest. Another striking feature is the orange trianguar feathers which stand upright at the tip of its wing. What is this duck?
    Cinnamon Teal
    Red crested Pochard
    Mandarin duck
    Wood Duck


8. Why are male ducks more prominently coloured?
    To aid identification
    For display
    For camouflage
    To make them easier targets for hunters


9. This duck is large, almost gooselike in shape, is black and white, although the head can look green. The beak is vivid red and in males is shaped at the base like a swan. There is a chestnut band on the breast and a black stripe on wings. What duck is this?
    Scaup
    Gadwall
    Scoter
    Shelduck


10. Most ducks can be placed into one of four main groups. The dabbling duck, diving ducks and sawbills are three, what is the fourth?
    Ocean Duck
    Goose
    Shoveller
    Sea duck


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