Anyone either fancy setting some questions, or anyone want me to set some more?
How well do you know birds?
- Thread starter BerdNerd
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Up to you.
Let’s give a day for anyone to volunteer, otherwise I’ll set another tomorrow.
Okay, here we go.
1. Which Asian bird has gone from being the smallest member of its family to the largest member of a totally different family following genetic analysis?
2. Individuals of which bird family are known to still nest successfully when over 60 years old?
3. Two of the species which survive only in captivity originate from the same country; which country?
4. Which bird can make a new nest weighing over two tonnes?
5. What was similar about the discoveries of Darwin’s Rhea and Udzungwa Forest Partridge?
6. Which bird forms the basis of Australia’s third most popular tourist attraction?
7. Which bird appears on the Canadian one dollar coin?
8. Which unlikely species has its only US breeding colony in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada?
9. Where is the only place with introduced tinamous and caracaras breeding?
10. According to one account, one bird species was down to a single female, which laid a clutch of eggs which was then predated by a different bird. Fortunately a replacement clutch survived. What two species were involved? (Although the predation occurred, it seems unlikely that this was the last female, but the story is too good to ignore!)
1. Which Asian bird has gone from being the smallest member of its family to the largest member of a totally different family following genetic analysis?
2. Individuals of which bird family are known to still nest successfully when over 60 years old?
3. Two of the species which survive only in captivity originate from the same country; which country?
4. Which bird can make a new nest weighing over two tonnes?
5. What was similar about the discoveries of Darwin’s Rhea and Udzungwa Forest Partridge?
6. Which bird forms the basis of Australia’s third most popular tourist attraction?
7. Which bird appears on the Canadian one dollar coin?
8. Which unlikely species has its only US breeding colony in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada?
9. Where is the only place with introduced tinamous and caracaras breeding?
10. According to one account, one bird species was down to a single female, which laid a clutch of eggs which was then predated by a different bird. Fortunately a replacement clutch survived. What two species were involved? (Although the predation occurred, it seems unlikely that this was the last female, but the story is too good to ignore!)
1. Idk
2. Albatrosses
3. Guam (United States I guess)
4. Sociable Weaver
5. They were both being eaten at the time
6. Little Penguin
7. Common Loon
8. Himalayan Snowcock
9. Easter Island
10. The bird with the nest was a Black Robin, not sure what the predator was.
Good start- 6/10
4. Guam; Guam Rail and Guam Kingfisher
5. Bald Eage?
The rest of the questions, I have no clue.
As far as I know, Guam Rail is no longer listed as Extinct in the Wild, I believe it has been reintroduced. If I am wrong here, I will report back!
IUCN has indeed listed Guam Rail as Critically Endangered rather than Extinct in the Wild
Revised answers:
1. Idk
2. Albatrosses
3. Brazil (and technically the US, too)
4. Sociable Weaver
5. They were both being eaten at the time
6. Emu
7. Common Loon
8. Himalayan Snowcock
9. Easter Island
10. The bird with the nest was a Black Robin, not sure what the predator was.
Still 6, cos you moved away from one right answer.
Greenshank
Well-Known Member
1. No idea as I've said before new taxonomy isn't my thing at all
2. Albatross
3. Brazil (spix's and lear's macaws?)
4. Quaker parakeet
5. Were they both described from a specimen collected for food
6. Fairy /little blue penguin
7. Great northern diver
8. Snowcock
9. No idea, maybe Hawaii?
10. Takahe?
6/10 (although Lear’s Macaw is not extinct in the wild).
1, 4 and 10 are causing the problems; Social Weavers and Quaker Parakeets build structures with multiple nests; I’m thinking of a single structure build by one or two birds in a single season.
Anyone else with some answers?
1. Shoot, I can't remember offhand. Pretty sure it's a passerine.
2. Albatrosses
3. USA; Guam Kingfisher and Hawaiian Crow.
Brazil i think is also valid with Spix's Macaw and Alagoas Curassow.
4. Based on your hint, Hamerkop?
5. They were both being eaten.
6. Little Blue Penguin
7. Common Loon (hence the coin often being called a "loonie")
8. Himalayan Snowcock
9. Easter Island
10. Can't say I've heard this story so no idea!
7/10 - yes number 1 is a passerine. 4. - Hammerkops build huge nests, but I’m not sure the can reach that size in a year.
I think I know #4 now, and have a guess at #1.
Go on....