Wild Birds Trivia

Fifteen bashful birds have taken refuge among five of their friends. Can you find them all before they escape?

One of nature's wonders is a bird in flight but some of these poor devils are unlikely to experience that phenomenon... they're stuck on the ground. Can you spot the stuck (flightless) birds in this lot?

Here we have a tangle of twelve birds that need to find their families. Help match the correct ICZN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature) family to each of these twelve creatures. (Click the images for a closer look!)

The carinosa is a Philippine courtship dance of Hispanic origin. However, courtship dances are also very prevalent in the bird community! Many species of birds put on elaborate dancing moves as part of the mating process.

There are thousands of species of birds that spend their lives at sea or around the world's coastlines. Let's see if you can spot the 12 mentioned in this quiz.

Can you place these different bird species in order from smallest (at the top) to the largest (on the bottom)? Note: the size ranges are based on data from multiple sources, and measured from the beak to the end of the tail feathers.

Blue is a rare color in the animal kingdom, but odds are, when you see it, you are looking at a bird. Take a trip with me around the globe and see if you can identify these beautiful blue birds. Good luck!

Flightlessness in birds is a fascinating example of evolutionary adaptation. Can you identify which birds can't fly from a list of 18?

You may not have heard of the ratites, but from ostriches to kiwis, elephant birds to the moa, several members of the ratite family are among the most recognizable birds in popular culture. Let's examine them more closely.

Ten birds from this collection (flock?) all include "canadensis" in their binomial or trinomial nomenclature, even though not all of them actually have Canada as part of their habitat range! Can you pick them out from their "americanus" neighbours?