He tied you, but since I had called the round just prior to his post you win the round. With the exact same answers to the two same questions you both missed.
How well do you know birds?
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He tied you, but since I had called the round just prior to his post you win the round. With the exact same answers to the two same questions you both missed.
Greenshank
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Sorry didn't realise that, didn't see the post as I was still deliberating over lost albatrosses. Is there a time limit on these quizzes?
Greenshank
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Sorry I did not didn't even see your post as I was taking a long time racking my brain for the answers
No, I had only two submissions for most of the day so I said earlier that I was going to call it at 12 am PST. I was a bit late but had two more submissions, you were probably still typing when I called it, so my apologies there. I had no idea you were typing. You tied for most correct questions though, 8/10 so nice job.
The next round (slightly early)
1. Which “Great” bird is a “minor”?
2. Which Nearctic bird species was described in 1813 from a vagrant individual shot in England?
3. Which critically endangered bird species was described in 1974 from a specimen shot by a student to practice preparing specimens?
4. Two monotypic bird families have estimated populations of under 1000 individuals; name both.
5. What do the Rufous-throated White-eye and Bocage’s Longbill have in common?
6. It has recently been possible to see all 5 members of a particular bird family wild in the UK; which family?
7. A recently extinct flightless bird from Jamaica was believed to fight with clubbed wing bones; which family does it belong to?
8. Which bird was discovered with an estimated population of around 400 in the early 1970s, while the last known individual was seen alive in 2004?
9. A North American species has been suggested as an individual family; if it gets this classification the the scientific name of its family will differ from another family by just one letter; what is the bird?
10. Which bird (or 2 closely related species) has been elevated from subfamily to unique order based on its DNA?
1. Which “Great” bird is a “minor”?
2. Which Nearctic bird species was described in 1813 from a vagrant individual shot in England?
3. Which critically endangered bird species was described in 1974 from a specimen shot by a student to practice preparing specimens?
4. Two monotypic bird families have estimated populations of under 1000 individuals; name both.
5. What do the Rufous-throated White-eye and Bocage’s Longbill have in common?
6. It has recently been possible to see all 5 members of a particular bird family wild in the UK; which family?
7. A recently extinct flightless bird from Jamaica was believed to fight with clubbed wing bones; which family does it belong to?
8. Which bird was discovered with an estimated population of around 400 in the early 1970s, while the last known individual was seen alive in 2004?
9. A North American species has been suggested as an individual family; if it gets this classification the the scientific name of its family will differ from another family by just one letter; what is the bird?
10. Which bird (or 2 closely related species) has been elevated from subfamily to unique order based on its DNA?
1. Greater Frigatebird, Fregata minor.
6. Corvidae. Species are Carrion Crow, Eurasian Jay, Rook, Common Raven and Common Jackdaw.
7. Theskiornithidae, ibises.
8. Maybe Eskimo Curlew?
10. Hoatzin?
6. Corvidae. Species are Carrion Crow, Eurasian Jay, Rook, Common Raven and Common Jackdaw.
7. Theskiornithidae, ibises.
8. Maybe Eskimo Curlew?
10. Hoatzin?
No clue for any of these.
2/10
I think I know number 8, but I have no clue for all of the others.
Greenshank
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Hope I'm in time for this round. My knowledge of 'modern' bird taxonomy isn't great so I'm going to be as lost as an albatross in the North Atlantic!
1. Could it be the great mynah? Or the great frigatebird, Fregeta minor
2. Pectoral sandpiper (guess as I know we get them fairly frequently over here)
3. Hooded pitohui? (sure I heard something like that)
4. Kagu and magellanic plover (guess again)
5. No idea as never even heard of these 2!
6. Gaviidae, the divers/loons(though 2 rare vagrants so you'd have to be very lucky!)
7. Ibis
8. Slender billed curlew?
9. Wrentit (guess as I know its a bit of an enigma taxonomically)
10. Picathartes?
8. Slender-billed Curlew
9. Yellow-breasted Chat
2 and 2 halves!
One.
What about Phasianidae (specifically, the Ring-necked Pheasant)?
Wrong quiz! Anyway, the brood parasite list normally refers to obligate brood parasites, ie species which only dump eggs in the nests of other species.
4.5 answered correctly so far; I’ll give additional clues if needed in about 12 hours time.
1. Great Frigatebird I think.
2. No clue... Yellow-rumped Warbler?
3. No idea.
4. Kagu and ....
5. No idea...
6. Loons
7. Pigeons?
8. Slender-billed Curlew
9. Yellow-breasted Chat. I believe it is already recognized by some taxonomies.
10. Kagu & Sunbittern? Hoatzin seems likely but the hint makes me lean towards my answer.
3.5.
1) Great Frigatebird
2) American Bittern
3) Poʻouli
4) Rhynochetidae (Kagu) and Stitchbird (Notiomystidae)
5) Both are classified within the Motacillidae.
6) Gaviidae (Divers/Loons) - in fact my first ever wild diver was a vagrant Pacific!
7) Threskiornithidae
8) Poʻouli
9) Yellow-breasted Chat
10) Eurypygiformes
For 10, all four major checklists count it as one species with subspecies; but it has been suggested that it might be better treated as 2 allopatric species.