4 is Australian Brush-Turkey, if not that then Malleefowl.
1 might be Green Broadbill, but I'm not sure on that.
1 might be Green Broadbill, but I'm not sure on that.
How well do you know birds?
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Yes for 4, no for 1. Now 8/10 which sounds like a win, do you want to set a new quiz? If so, I’ll give the other answers.
Sure, I can set a new one! Tomorrow morning though, quite late here now.
Over to Great Argus for the next one.
Answers
1. Hume’s Ground Jay as a crow, now known as Ground Tit.
2. Albatrosses.
3. I was thinking Brazil for Spix’s Macaw and Alagoas Curassow; I think Hawaiian Crow has also been moved to Critically Endangered with a rereleased population.
4. Australian Brushturkeys can make, and relocate vegetation piles of up to 4 tonnes in a single season.
5. Both discovered as parts of meals.
6. Little Blue Penguin on Phillip Island.
7. Common Loon (or Great Northern Diver)
8. Himalayan Snowcock
9. Easter Island; why would they introduce Caracaras?
10. According to one account, in the 1930s Laysan Teal May have declined to one female, whose first clutch was eaten by a Bristle-thighed Curlew!
Answers
1. Hume’s Ground Jay as a crow, now known as Ground Tit.
2. Albatrosses.
3. I was thinking Brazil for Spix’s Macaw and Alagoas Curassow; I think Hawaiian Crow has also been moved to Critically Endangered with a rereleased population.
4. Australian Brushturkeys can make, and relocate vegetation piles of up to 4 tonnes in a single season.
5. Both discovered as parts of meals.
6. Little Blue Penguin on Phillip Island.
7. Common Loon (or Great Northern Diver)
8. Himalayan Snowcock
9. Easter Island; why would they introduce Caracaras?
10. According to one account, in the 1930s Laysan Teal May have declined to one female, whose first clutch was eaten by a Bristle-thighed Curlew!
Just checked, and the Hawaiian Crow is still technically listed as Extinct in the Wild, so USA is also a correct answer.
All of the released ones either died or were brought back into captivity this year, releases haven't been particularly successful.
I'll get a new set of questions up here soon.
Alrighty, new set ready to go!
1.Three species of North American birds presumed to be extinct are still listed as CR by the IUCN. What are the three?
2. This is the only bird to officially lend its name to the currency of a country.
3. This bird species made saving another endangered bird species difficult, it took multiple attempts to get a burrow baffle the non-endangered species couldn't break through. What are the two species involved?
4. This Aussie bird was thought to be extinct for 70 years before being rediscovered in 1961.
5. A vagrant individual of this Eurasian species became a local celebrity in Massachusetts in August 2004.
6. How many subspecies of Barn Owl are currently recognized?
7. What country was the most recent batch of new bird species described from?
8. This group of birds was connected to the war god of the Aztecs; to show the connection the king would wear a cloak made from their skins.
9. This 'American' species also breeds in Asia and is widely recorded across the continent; even having an Asian subspecies!
10. An individual of this species flew nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand in just over 9 days; a trip of over 12,000 km!
1.Three species of North American birds presumed to be extinct are still listed as CR by the IUCN. What are the three?
2. This is the only bird to officially lend its name to the currency of a country.
3. This bird species made saving another endangered bird species difficult, it took multiple attempts to get a burrow baffle the non-endangered species couldn't break through. What are the two species involved?
4. This Aussie bird was thought to be extinct for 70 years before being rediscovered in 1961.
5. A vagrant individual of this Eurasian species became a local celebrity in Massachusetts in August 2004.
6. How many subspecies of Barn Owl are currently recognized?
7. What country was the most recent batch of new bird species described from?
8. This group of birds was connected to the war god of the Aztecs; to show the connection the king would wear a cloak made from their skins.
9. This 'American' species also breeds in Asia and is widely recorded across the continent; even having an Asian subspecies!
10. An individual of this species flew nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand in just over 9 days; a trip of over 12,000 km!
4/ is Noisy Scrub Bird
1 ivory bill, eskimo curlew,bachmans warbler
2?
3 i thick brown heded cowbird is one of them dont now the rest
4 ?
5 i guss wood sandpiper
6 dependos on what list you follow, but 25 is my guss
7 indonsia
8 the quetzals also now pharomachrus
9 snow gose ??
10 bar taild godwith
2?
3 i thick brown heded cowbird is one of them dont now the rest
4 ?
5 i guss wood sandpiper
6 dependos on what list you follow, but 25 is my guss
7 indonsia
8 the quetzals also now pharomachrus
9 snow gose ??
10 bar taild godwith
1. Eskimo Curlew, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Bachman's Warbler
2. Quetzal
7. Brazil
9. American Pipit
10. Bar-tailed Godwit
3/10. For #6 I'm using the current Clements as used by Birds of the World.
4/10
1. Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Bachman’s Warbler, Eskimo Curlew.
2. Quetzal, the currency of Guatemala
3. The endangered bird is the Cahow, the other species is a Tropic-bird, not sure which one though.
4. Noisy Scrubbird
5. Red-footed Falcon
6. Something like 32? A lot (and split into more than one species in some taxonomies)
7. Indonesia
8. Ummm! Quetzals come to mind, but would you set two questions with the same answer? I wouldn’t think so, but I have nothing better.
9. Another one that I am having to guess about. Are you counting Stejneger’s Scoter as a subspecies of American White-winged Scoter? That’s my answer without looking things up!
10. Bar-tailed Godwit
2. Quetzal, the currency of Guatemala
3. The endangered bird is the Cahow, the other species is a Tropic-bird, not sure which one though.
4. Noisy Scrubbird
5. Red-footed Falcon
6. Something like 32? A lot (and split into more than one species in some taxonomies)
7. Indonesia
8. Ummm! Quetzals come to mind, but would you set two questions with the same answer? I wouldn’t think so, but I have nothing better.
9. Another one that I am having to guess about. Are you counting Stejneger’s Scoter as a subspecies of American White-winged Scoter? That’s my answer without looking things up!
10. Bar-tailed Godwit
1. Bachman's Warbler, Po'o-uli?, Eskimo Curlew
2. Ruppell's Vulture?
4. Night Parrot?
6. 6?
7. Brazil
8. Quetzal
10. Bar-tailed Godwit
7/10. I'm counting #3 since you are correct with Cahow and it is indeed a tropicbird. Only one tropicbird occurs in the region.
1/10. One of your answers for #1 is listed as EX, not CR.
6 and 8 seem to be the troublemakers this go around.
For #6, 2 people guessed pretty close to the correct answer. It is not higher than the highest guess of 32 subspecies.
8 is getting quetzal as I suspected it might, but this is a different god, and the bird family in question is prominent throughout Mexico and indeed Central America as a whole.
For #6, 2 people guessed pretty close to the correct answer. It is not higher than the highest guess of 32 subspecies.
8 is getting quetzal as I suspected it might, but this is a different god, and the bird family in question is prominent throughout Mexico and indeed Central America as a whole.
No, but you're thinking more in the right direction.
Another thought on 9 - until recently Eurasian Wren was treated as conspecific with Winter Wren...
9 - Even better, Cygnus columbianus, Tundra Swan, with the Bewick’s race in Eurasia!
Greenshank
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1) ivory billed woodpecker, imperial woodpecker, Eskimo curlew
2) no idea
3) the white tailed aka yellowbilled tropicbird was the villain, the cahow or Bermuda petrel the victim
4)noisy scrubbird
5) white stork? I feel like that's the sort of European bird that could cross the Atlantic and become a local celeb!
6)20
7) Papua New Guinea
8)hummingbird
9) this could be a number of things, perhaps the Whistling Swan with the Bewick's Swan being the (Eur)Asian subspecies
10) bar tailed godwit