Bird Facts (Nonviolent Trivia)
Bird Wars
(Violent Trivia)
(Violent Trivia)
Who's that Bird??
Bird Calls
100
The smallest bird egg belongs to a species of hummingbird, and is about 10mm long. The largest bird egg belongs to this bird, and is about 15cm long.
What is the ostrich?
100
In 1932, Australia declared war on the vast populations this bird, due to the amount of crop damage they were causing. Military involvement was eventually withdrawn due to lack of success against the birds.
What is the emu?
100
Blue Footed Booby
100
This is Bird 1.
What is a Mourning Dove?
200
This came first, the chicken or the egg?
What is the egg?
(reptile eggs existed before chickens)
200
This bird was the subject of a World War II project that involved using their ability to peck at a target to steer missiles. The U.S. military eventually (foolishly) dismissed this project as impractical.
What is Project Pigeon?
(later renamed Project Orcon for “Organic Control”)
200
Helmeted Hornbill, Shoebill Stork, Spoonbill
Shoebill Stork
200
This is Bird 2.
What is a Kookaburra?
300
This bird has the highest egg-to-body-weight ratio, at approximately 25%.
A. Hummingbird, B. Kiwi, or C. Pygmy owl
What is the B. Kiwi?
300
This is(/was?) the largest colony of seabirds in the continental US? It was also the site of the Egg War in 1863 which resulted in 2 human deaths.
What are the Farallon Islands?
(you can see them from Robinhood!)
300
Greater Frigatebird, Magnificent Frigatebird, Lesser Frigatebird
300
This is Bird 3
What is a Peacock?
400
The endangered African penguin is also called this “___ penguin” due to the surprisingly loud braying noise it makes.
What is the jackass penguin?
400
In 2021, one of this country's tanks opened (friendly?) fire on a random farmer’s property during a military exercise. They blew up approximately 100 chickens and this event has been since dubbed the “Massacre of Pordenone”.
What is Italy?
400
Frogmouth, Potoo, Screech Owl
Potoo
400
This is Bird 4.
What is a White-Bellied Go-Away Bird?
500
This is a bird’s full-time job as per the 1952 documentary Water Birds? (Available on Disney+ lol)
What is: "Simply.... to stay alive"
500
This bird was one of the four targets of the CCP’s Four Evils campaign between 1958 and 1962. The extermination of a billion+ of these birds resulted in widespread famine and an estimated 20-30 million deaths due to ecological imbalances with locusts (big oof).
What is the sparrow?
500
Shima Enaga, Long-Tailed Bushtit, Fairy Tern
What is the Long-Tailed Bushtit?
500
This is Bird 5.
What is a White Bellbird? This is the loudest bird in the world, clocked at 125 dB, the same as a pneumatic drill.