• 1. 
    A snail kite is what kind of bird?

  • waterfowl
  • bird of prey
  • shorebird
  • songbird
  • 2. 
    What is a gizzard?

  • a muscular digestive organ that grinds food
  • a bone in the wing that controls speed
  • a part of the eye
  • a section of the throat that allows vocalization
  • 3. 
    Which bird is known for “laughing” in the morning and just after sunset?

  • kookaburra
  • owl
  • vulture
  • dodo
  • 4. 
    Which bird, also known as the sea parrot, can carry up to 10 small fish crosswise in its triangular beak?

  • puffin
  • pelican
  • penguin
  • sea chicken
  • 5. 
    Which bird makes the longest annual migration?

  • Siberian crane
  • Canada goose
  • Arctic tern
  • hummingbird
  • 6. 
    Some species of which bird can rotate their heads and look behind them?

  • owl
  • parrot
  • penguin
  • ostrich
  • 7. 
    Which crowlike bird has a resounding, metallic voice and is also called the crow-shrike?

  • kokako
  • corbie
  • currawong
  • kookaburra
  • 8. 
    Which of these birds of prey hunts on foot rather than by flying?

  • secretary bird
  • buzzard
  • red kite
  • condor
  • 9. 
    Which of the following birds is also known as the lily-trotter because of its ability to walk on floating vegetation?

  • sparrow
  • jacana
  • pigeon
  • mynah
  • 10. 
    Which of the following vultures is also known as Pharaoh’s chicken?

  • king vulture
  • Pondicherry vulture
  • palm-nut vulture
  • Egyptian vulture
  • 11. 
    The name of which flightless bird is derived from the call of the male of the species?

  • emu
  • kiwi
  • rhea
  • cassowary
  • 12. 
    Adélie, emperor, king, and Galapagos are all species of which bird?

  • turkeys
  • sparrows
  • peacocks
  • penguins
  • 13. 
    Which of these birds is a pink, long-necked water bird?

  • crane
  • flamingo
  • albatross
  • puffin
  • 14. 
    Which is the second largest living bird?

  • ostrich
  • emu
  • rhea
  • cassowary
  • 15. 
    The founder of modern ethology (the study of animal behaviour) quacked at baby ducks to make them think that he was their mother. The ducks believed him. Who was this Nobel Prize-winning imposter?

  • Jane Goodall
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Konrad Lorenz
  • Ivan Pavlov
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