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1981, 1993, 2005, and 2017 were all years that fall under this sign of the Chinese Zodiac.
What is the Rooster?
Besides the Island Scrub Jay, this is the only bird endemic to the state of California.
What is Yellow-billed Magpie?
This is the most endangered bird in the state of California?
What is California Condor?
California's state bird, the California Quail, has males and females that appear different. This is the term for morphological and behavioral differences between male and female birds.
What is dimorphsm (or sexual dimorphism)?
If you see a large black corvid that is soarng, it is almost certainly this bird.
What is Raven or Common Raven?
No bird species is larger than this Cuban endemic.
What is Bee Hummingbird?
This 1994 Action movie starred Brandon Lee, son of Martial Arts legend Bruce Lee, as a ghostly vigilante.
What is The Crow?
This large Woodpecker species which lacks Woodpecker in the name is generally tied to Saguaros in its United States range but has a small breeding population in California's mojave desert.
What is Gilded Flicker?
Outdoor cats in the US kill more than _____ birds every year in the US?
What is a billlion?
Bird feathers are made of this protein that humans have in their hair and nails.
What is Keratin?
This warbler species prefer to be near water and makes an iconic wichity wichity wichity sound.
What is Common Yellowthroat?
This is Australia's deadliest species of bird.
What is Southern Cassowary or Cassowary?
With a motto of, “Give a hoot, don’t pollute!” this US Forest Service mascot encouraged children to be good stewards of the environment.
Who is Woodsy Owl?
This is the smallest bird species found in the state of California.
What is Calliope Hummingbird?
Birds that inhabit ______ suffer the most during a super el nino?
What is the sea, ocean, pelagic zone?
When birds or other taxa across the world evolve similalry to species they have to contact with, to occupy similar niches, it is called this.
What is convergent evolution?
In addition to other field marks, black bars on either side of this woodpecker's tail help distinguish it from a very similar species.
What is Downy Woodpecker?
This African raptor species looks like a long tailed, headdressed Hawk on stilts. It uses powerful legs to bludgeon prey.
What is Secretarybird?
Thoth, the ancient Egyptian God of Wisdom and Magic, was commonly depicted with the head of this wading bird.
What is an ibis?
This cryptic bird is uncommon in most of California and can usually only be reliably found (albeit heard) at Goose Lake along the OR/CA border near Nevada.
What is Yellow Rail?
This shorebird was one of the most recently declared extinct birds.
What is the Slender-billed Curlew?
These feathers act like mammalian whiskers, and help birds detect prey.
What are rictal bristles?
The black armpits (or axillaries) on this large, common shorebird help to ID it in flight, especially when its in winter plumage.
What is Black-bellied Plover?
This incredible bird from the Amazon basin digests food like a cow and is known to stink!
What is Hoatzin?
The Hopi Kachina "Hospoa" is the spirit of this remarkable desert denizen, which is also the state bird of New Mexico.
What is a Roadrunner?
Though this species is probably more common in California than records suggest, it was the most recent first state record on eBird.
What is Chihuahuan Meadowlark?
In North America, roughly this percent of birds have been lost since 1970.
What is 40%?
The avian voice box is known as this.
What is the syrinx?
This empidonax flycatcher found in LA only during migration is known for a pip call rather than a wit.
What is Hammond's Flycatcher?
This New Caledonian bird is the closest known relative of the Sunbittern.
What is Kagu?