Identification
Anatomy & Physiology
Names
Behavior
In Culture
100
Is this a falcon, eagle, or hawk?
Eagle (Golden Eagle)
100
Which birds have the most human-like tongues?
Hummingbirds
Parrots
Finches
Gulls
Parrots. Parrots have short, muscular, flexible tongues that help to "shape" sound, much like those of humans.
100
Which famous 19th-century artist's name lives on not only as a collection of bird conservation organizations, but also as a shearwater and an oriole species?
John James Audubon
100
Which North American songbird is famous for copying the songs of other bird species?
Northern Mockingbird
100
What are the large-eyed, round-bodied birds featured on the planet Ahch-To in Star Wars: Episode VII-The Last Jedi?
Porgs
200
Which of the following does not have any red feathers?
Roseate Tern
Scarlet Tanager
Vermilion Flycatcher
Northern Cardinal
Roseate Tern
200
Combinations of yellow carotenoid pigments and grayish melanin pigments result in what color in the feathers of birds like vireos and wood-warblers?
Orange
Violet
Green
Cream
Green (Wood warbler)
200
Naming the most familiar or frequently seen member of a lineage "Common" is a practice that is, well, common. Which of the following is not an actual "Common" North American bird?
Common Loon
Common Sparrow
Common Tern
Common Nighthawk
Common Sparrow
200
Many birds store or "cache" food for later, but one species constructs elaborate granaries to store winter food, with several breeding pairs and their helpers working together. Which species does this?
Clark's Nutcracker
Blue Grosbeak
Cassin's Finch
Acorn Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
200
What's the name of the small yellow bird in Peanuts, who frequently appears supporting or assisting Snoopy the dog?
Woodstock
300
What family of birds is the Spotted Towhee a member of?
New World Sparrows
300
About how loud is a rooster's crow (measured in decibels)?
70 decibels (toilet flushing)
100 decibels
130 decibels
160 decibels (shotgun blast)
130 decibels
300
Which bird's deep, booming calls earned it the nickname "thunder-pumper"?
American Bittern
Greater Sage-Grouse
King Rail
Green-winged Teal
American Bittern
300
What North American bird's feathers trap no air, allowing them to sink underwater rather than swimming on the surface?
Terns
Loons
Anhingas
Kingfishers
Anhingas
300
What is the name of the Looney Tunes giant rooster, noted for his bombastic personality and for speaking with the accent of a southern gentleman?
Senator Claghorn
Foghorn Leghorn
Rudolph Rooster
Chuckie Chicken
Foghorn Leghorn
400
If a bird's name proclaims it to be ferruginous, what color would you expect to be dominant in its plumage?
Rusty reddish-brown
400
Bird voice boxes are quite different from humans, being split into two halves that are each capable of making sounds independently, allowing the birds to harmonize with themselves.
What is the term for a bird's "song box"?
Syrinx
400
Many birds sing only for a few hours a day, but which songbird earned the dubious appellation of "Preacher Bird" for its habit of singing loudly and ceaselessly at all hours of the day?
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Bicknell's Thrush
Lesser Goldfinch
Red-eyed Vireo
400
When a predator comes near it's nest, Killdeer are famous for doing what as a distraction display?
Feigning a broken wing
Imitating helpless baby calls
Flashing a bright wing patch
Shaking small trees with their bills
Feigning a broken wing
400
What sitcom of the late 2010s features a continuing plot of an actress filming the low-budget horror movie The Crows Have Eyes III?
Schitt's Creek
500
A coworker tells you about a couple of birds that built a huge nest of sticks on top of a utility pole near their old office. They say the birds were very large and mostly white below with black on top, and often came back to the nest carrying fish.
What species did they most likely see?
Osprey
500
What type of bill does this American Avocet have?
Recurved
500
Some birds were named for the places where they were first collected, often on migration. Which of these birds does not actually breed where its name suggests it would be found?
Cape May Warbler
California Condor
Mississippi Kite
Cape May Warbler
500
Most birds of prey have their preferences but readily take any prey they can capture. One of the rarest North American raptors, however, feeds almost exclusively on one genus of freshwater invertebrates.
Which raptor species is it?
Snail Kite
500
What is the quoted price to "feed the birds" a bag of crumbs in Disney's 1964 musical film Mary Poppins?
Tuppence (or "two pence")