4/10. You're not altogether wrong on #1, although I was looking North of the Mexican border so Imperial Woodpecker wasn't on the radar.
How well do you know birds?
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4/10. You're not altogether wrong on #1, although I was looking North of the Mexican border so Imperial Woodpecker wasn't on the radar.
9/10 questions have now been answered correctly at least once.
Currently the winner is @Tetzoo Quizzer again with 7/10. @birdsandbats and @Greenshank are tied in second with 4/10.
@Tetzoo Quizzer do you want to do another set already? If not I can provide a couple hints and do a run off with the two in second place, most correct does next set?
Currently the winner is @Tetzoo Quizzer again with 7/10. @birdsandbats and @Greenshank are tied in second with 4/10.
@Tetzoo Quizzer do you want to do another set already? If not I can provide a couple hints and do a run off with the two in second place, most correct does next set?
Happy to let someone else set questions again; I won’t put in revised answers now as it might affect the playoff!
9 coud be grey-cheeked thrush
@birdsandbats @Greenshank
You both missed 5, 6, and 7; I'll provide hints to each and whoever gets the most right can post the next set.
5. A vagrant individual of this Eurasian species became a local celebrity in Massachusetts in August 2004. (It's a bird of prey)
6. How many subspecies of Barn Owl are currently recognized? (There were guesses of 25 and 32, those were in the right ballpark but it sits between those)
7. What country was the most recent batch of new bird species described from? (Asian country)
You both missed 5, 6, and 7; I'll provide hints to each and whoever gets the most right can post the next set.
5. A vagrant individual of this Eurasian species became a local celebrity in Massachusetts in August 2004. (It's a bird of prey)
6. How many subspecies of Barn Owl are currently recognized? (There were guesses of 25 and 32, those were in the right ballpark but it sits between those)
7. What country was the most recent batch of new bird species described from? (Asian country)
In that case I think it'll be:
5. Red-footed Falcon
6. 30
7. Indonesia
5. Red-footed Falcon
6. 30
7. Indonesia
I will give @Greenshank til 3pm PST (24 hours since I posted the hints for the runoff) to respond, if nothing by then @birdsandbats wins the runoff automatically.
Well 24 hours has passed with no sign of Greenshank, so I will call it for @birdsandbats, especially since he correctly answered two of the three runoff questions. You're up @birdsandbats.
Answers:
1. Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Eskimo Curlew, Bachman’s Warbler.
2. Quetzal, specifically the Resplendent. Country is Guatemala.
3. Endangered species is the Bermuda Petrel (Cahow), offender is the White-tailed Tropicbird.
4. Noisy Scrubbird
5. Red-footed Falcon; the bird was named "Red Socks" and was hailed as a good omen for the Red Sox baseball team.
6. 29 subspecies
7. Indonesia
8. Hummingbirds. This one got a lot of quetzal answers, which is a different god.
9. American Pipit; I put American in quotes to try and hint that it was part of the name, but that seemed to not work.
10. Bar-tailed Godwit
1. Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Eskimo Curlew, Bachman’s Warbler.
2. Quetzal, specifically the Resplendent. Country is Guatemala.
3. Endangered species is the Bermuda Petrel (Cahow), offender is the White-tailed Tropicbird.
4. Noisy Scrubbird
5. Red-footed Falcon; the bird was named "Red Socks" and was hailed as a good omen for the Red Sox baseball team.
6. 29 subspecies
7. Indonesia
8. Hummingbirds. This one got a lot of quetzal answers, which is a different god.
9. American Pipit; I put American in quotes to try and hint that it was part of the name, but that seemed to not work.
10. Bar-tailed Godwit
Join the club.
Join the club.
You were the only one to get #9 right, but also the only American to attempt it too!
I was referring to the fact that I tied a similar clue with the word great in quotation marks and still most people guessed birds that didn't have great in their name!You were the only one to get #9 right, but also the only American to attempt it too!
Well my guess for Tundra Swan was based on the specific epithet columbianus, which is taken to mean from Colombia , originally meaning the whole of the Americas, so I was following the hint!
1. This bird is found further south than any other.
2. This Asian species is normally thought of as a desert species, but it does have several breeding records in Scotland (and wasn't introduced)!
3. Confusing to many birders, this little-known species found in Mexican mountains has a name very similar to a more famous Cuban endemic.
4. The holotype for this species usually thought of as a Mexican endemic was collected in New Mexico, causing many to wonder if the species is really endemic to Mexico, or if this is a recent range deflation.
5. A recent first record for Australia of this European species was discovered by a visiting American birder.
6. Many people say this species named for a famous American explorer has the shortest migration of any bird.
7. This is the bird with the longest official English common name.
8. Thus is the bird with the shortest official English common name.
9. A dark morph of this waterbird was historically more regular, but it was last sighted in 2010 in Brazil. It is now probably extinct and it may have been its own species.
10. This familiar species is much more adaptable than people give it credit for - it has been recorded nesting over 2,000 feet below the ground in caves and mines!
2. This Asian species is normally thought of as a desert species, but it does have several breeding records in Scotland (and wasn't introduced)!
3. Confusing to many birders, this little-known species found in Mexican mountains has a name very similar to a more famous Cuban endemic.
4. The holotype for this species usually thought of as a Mexican endemic was collected in New Mexico, causing many to wonder if the species is really endemic to Mexico, or if this is a recent range deflation.
5. A recent first record for Australia of this European species was discovered by a visiting American birder.
6. Many people say this species named for a famous American explorer has the shortest migration of any bird.
7. This is the bird with the longest official English common name.
8. Thus is the bird with the shortest official English common name.
9. A dark morph of this waterbird was historically more regular, but it was last sighted in 2010 in Brazil. It is now probably extinct and it may have been its own species.
10. This familiar species is much more adaptable than people give it credit for - it has been recorded nesting over 2,000 feet below the ground in caves and mines!
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1. Snow Petrel
2. Cream-coloured Courser
3. Ovenbird
5. Collared Pratincole
7. Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
8. Ou (I'm assuming that this is an acceptable English spelling of 'O'u?)
9. Least Bittern
10. House Sparrow
2. Cream-coloured Courser
3. Ovenbird
5. Collared Pratincole
7. Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
8. Ou (I'm assuming that this is an acceptable English spelling of 'O'u?)
9. Least Bittern
10. House Sparrow
1. Snow Petrel
2. Not sure
3. Imperial Woodpecker
4. Worthen's Sparrow
5. Don't know
6. Clark's Nutcracker?
7. Black-throated Green Warbler?
8. Emu/Tui?
9. Ugh, this one is escaping me...
10. House Sparrow
Tough set!
1. Snow Petrel
2. Pallas’ Sandgrouse
3. ?
4. Thick-billed Parrot
5. ?
6. ?
7. ?
8. Ou
9. Least Bittern
10. House Sparrow
1. Snow Petrel
2. Pallas’ Sandgrouse
3. ?
4. Thick-billed Parrot
5. ?
6. ?
7. ?
8. Ou
9. Least Bittern
10. House Sparrow
3. Interesting! I suspected what the Cuban Endemic was; didn’t realise the Mexican species had the name it had; thanks for teaching me this one!
5. Now that I think I’ve found the answer, I have a vague recollection of hearing about it, but I wouldn’t have dredged it up in a million years.