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Quiz about British Bird Bonanza
Quiz about British Bird Bonanza

British Bird Bonanza Trivia Quiz


A quiz for all you lovers of British birds that suits both the casual wildlife watcher and the most intrepid twitcher.

A multiple-choice quiz by pdav1. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
pdav1
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
229,455
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1578
Last 3 plays: Guest 72 (2/10), 1nn1 (10/10), workisboring (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which of the following is the only British duck species to leave for the winter? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What colour is the cap of the female blackcap? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which bird's Latin name literally means 'no feet'? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Eurasian, rose-coloured & spotless are types of which bird? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of the following is NOT a member of the thrush family? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. How many toes does a short-toed treecreeper have on each foot? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of these is the only one to have arrived naturally in the UK? That is to say, it was not introduced by man. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which breeding bird has a common colloquial name of "goatsucker"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which farmland bird's song is said to sound like "A-little-bit-of-bread-but-no-cheese!". Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which bird gains its official English name from its old Zetlandic (Shetland) name meaning "Foul Gull?" Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following is the only British duck species to leave for the winter?

Answer: Garganey

Unlike most duck species whose numbers are swelled in winter by continental immigrants, the garganey leaves the country to winter in Western Africa returning in March to breed in the UK.
2. What colour is the cap of the female blackcap?

Answer: Rusty-red

It is the male of the species which gives the species its name of blackcap. The blackcap is one of the only species of warblers to show differences in plumage between the sexes.
3. Which bird's Latin name literally means 'no feet'?

Answer: Swift

This is also where the common English use of the word swift (meaning quick) comes from. The bird moves through the air at great speed but is incapable of perching with its small feet and nearly non-existent legs.
4. Eurasian, rose-coloured & spotless are types of which bird?

Answer: Starling

Eurasian starlings are the commonest starling species in Northern Europe, while spotless become commoner in the south of Europe. Although spotless starlings have never been confirmed as being sighted in the UK, there are several claims from the south-west of the country. Rose-coloured starlings breed on eastern steppeland and turn up in Britain when they disperse after the breeding season.
5. Which of the following is NOT a member of the thrush family?

Answer: Sora

The sora is in fact a member of the crake family, the same family as the moorhen, coot and crane.
6. How many toes does a short-toed treecreeper have on each foot?

Answer: 4

Like all passerines, the short-toed treecreeper has 4 toes on each foot, 3 forward and one back.
7. Which of these is the only one to have arrived naturally in the UK? That is to say, it was not introduced by man.

Answer: Collared Dove

The collared dove only reached Britain in 1955, with breeding confirmed the next year. Within only a few decades it had radiated from its stronghold in East Anglia and is now a common bird throughout the UK.
8. Which breeding bird has a common colloquial name of "goatsucker"?

Answer: Nightjar

The nightjar displays with a 'churring' noise & wing-clapping that can be heard for miles around. This eerie sound led people to believe the birds were evil spirits and that during the night they came into farm buildings and drank the milk from their goat's udders.

There is, of course, no truth in this - the birds survive on a diet of night-flying insects caught in the large bristles surrounding their wide beaks.
9. Which farmland bird's song is said to sound like "A-little-bit-of-bread-but-no-cheese!".

Answer: Yellowhammer

Although more of a 'buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz-bzzzzzzzzzz' song, with a little imagination the well known phrase can be made out! The sulphur-yellow males add an extra splash of colour to country lanes in the height of summer.
10. Which bird gains its official English name from its old Zetlandic (Shetland) name meaning "Foul Gull?"

Answer: Fulmar

The bird gained its name 'ful mare' (meaning foul gull and later developing into Fulmar) from its defence strategy. Young birds left along on exposed cliff ledges protect themselves from predators by spewing up a mixture of half digested fish and stomach juices in the direction of the attacker.

The smell is apparently one of the worst that can be experienced and for birds such as gulls and ravens, the acid in the foul mixture may be enough to see their feathers ruined and their ability to fly lost.
Source: Author pdav1

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