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Quiz about Four Calling Birds
Quiz about Four Calling Birds

Four Calling Birds Trivia Quiz


It's four o'clock in the morning, and the dawn chorus has woken you up in your home in Great Britain. Each bird has its own sound - can you recognise them from the noise they make?

A multiple-choice quiz by rossian. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
rossian
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
356,413
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1065
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. You can hear a definite 'quack' in the chorus, so which of these birds is helping to wake you up? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The yellowhammer has a special song, which sounds as if it's asking you for an early breakfast of 'a little bit of bread' without which other food? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. You may not hear this next bird very well. It is quiet and so has 'mute' as part of its name. Which bird is said to sing only as it is dying? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The next bird to disturb your sleep is named after the sound it makes and is best known for laying its eggs in other birds' nests. Which of these is it? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The next sound to assault your ears is not very musical and just sounds like 'caw, caw'. Which of these birds is determined to spoil your rest now? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. You have just closed your eyes again, when you hear a bird calling 'tu-whit, tu-whoo'. Which visitor has found you this time? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This large bird, which you might eat for your Christmas dinner, makes a sound which is described as 'gobble, gobble'. Which member of your personal dawn chorus is this bird? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This one has you puzzled. This bird sounds just like your mother shouting 'get up, get up'. Which of these birds can mimic human speech? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This bird makes a much more soothing sound. All you can hear is 'coo, coo', so which bird has joined in the noise this time? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. One bird's beautiful song catches your ear. It comes from a male bird, who has feathers of all one colour from which it gets its name, and a yellow/orange beak. Which of these is it? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. You can hear a definite 'quack' in the chorus, so which of these birds is helping to wake you up?

Answer: Mallard

The mallard is the only duck in the list. It is one of the most common ducks in the northern hemisphere. The drake, which is the male bird, has a brightly coloured greenish blue head. The female is mainly brown, but does have some purple feathers.
2. The yellowhammer has a special song, which sounds as if it's asking you for an early breakfast of 'a little bit of bread' without which other food?

Answer: Cheese

The yellowhammer is about the same size of a sparrow, but the male bird is much more brightly coloured. It is mainly yellow in colour, with a brown tail, although the female is much duller in colour and can look as if it is just brown. Its song sounds as if it is singing 'little bit of bread and no cheese'
3. You may not hear this next bird very well. It is quiet and so has 'mute' as part of its name. Which bird is said to sing only as it is dying?

Answer: Swan

The mute swan does make some sounds, but it is not as vocal as most birds. As a result, it was given a name which indicates that it cannot make any noise at all. By legend, the mute swan is supposed to sing one beautiful song just before its death, which gives us the expression of 'swan song' to describe the final performance of someone who is about to retire.
4. The next bird to disturb your sleep is named after the sound it makes and is best known for laying its eggs in other birds' nests. Which of these is it?

Answer: Cuckoo

The cuckoo lays her eggs in nests belonging to smaller birds, such as the dunnock or reed warbler. When the young cuckoo hatches, it is quite ruthless and will kick the other chicks out of the nest so that it can receive all the food that its foster parents bring. The cuckoo has been known by the same name in English since the thirteenth century.
5. The next sound to assault your ears is not very musical and just sounds like 'caw, caw'. Which of these birds is determined to spoil your rest now?

Answer: Crow

Other birds in the crow, officially the corvid, family are the rook, jackdaw and raven. They are very intelligent birds and have been observed making tools or using logic to solve problems. For example, they can fashion hooks to extract morsels, or drop stones into a container to raise the water level and enable themselves to reach food.

However, the sounds they produce are not the most musical in the bird population.
6. You have just closed your eyes again, when you hear a bird calling 'tu-whit, tu-whoo'. Which visitor has found you this time?

Answer: Owl

This is the call of the tawny owl, and is quoted by William Shakespeare in his play called 'Love's Labour's Lost'. Owls are nocturnal birds, coming out at night to hunt for food, so they would certainly be around at 4 a.m. The nightingale and nightjar are also nocturnal. The corncrake isn't, but it is hard to see, as it is a secretive bird.
7. This large bird, which you might eat for your Christmas dinner, makes a sound which is described as 'gobble, gobble'. Which member of your personal dawn chorus is this bird?

Answer: Turkey

The turkey is one of the largest birds, and is eaten in the UK as part of the Christmas meal and at Thanksgiving in the USA. It is usually only the male birds who produce the 'gobbling' sound, and it is often used to attract females or warn off other males when the bird is looking for a mate.
8. This one has you puzzled. This bird sounds just like your mother shouting 'get up, get up'. Which of these birds can mimic human speech?

Answer: Parrot

Many species of parrot can learn to copy the words spoken by their owners, with some of them becoming well known because of the number of words they have acquired. Some have been recorded as having a vocabulary of hundreds of words, and they would certainly be able to shout 'get up' at you. Other birds which can learn to talk are mynah birds and budgerigars.
9. This bird makes a much more soothing sound. All you can hear is 'coo, coo', so which bird has joined in the noise this time?

Answer: Dove

The cooing sound is most associated with doves and pigeons. This particular sound is used to attract a mate or to defend their territory. Sparrows chirp and wrens have a musical song, which is quite loud for its size. Peacocks can be extremely noisy, and make a sound which seems like someone screaming - you definitely wouldn't sleep with one of them outside your window.
10. One bird's beautiful song catches your ear. It comes from a male bird, who has feathers of all one colour from which it gets its name, and a yellow/orange beak. Which of these is it?

Answer: Blackbird

The blackbird has one of the most popular songs in the UK. Although the male has all black plumage, the female is actually brown with streaks on her breast. The blackbird is a member of the thrush family. The other birds also have names based on their colouring, as the greenfinch really is green and the blue tit is blue.

The pied wagtail has black, white and grey feathers, and pied means multi coloured.
Source: Author rossian

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