How well do you know birds?
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Going for your hint to flip through the bird guide I will try it with the Northern flicker...
I think this thread could do with a revival.
I'll get it started with a question, the first person with the correct answer will get the next turn and so on.
As per the original post, "This quiz is to see what you know and is just for fun, so please refrain from searching up the answers".
Q) Gerald Durrell's pet named "Alecko" was which species of bird?
I'll get it started with a question, the first person with the correct answer will get the next turn and so on.
As per the original post, "This quiz is to see what you know and is just for fun, so please refrain from searching up the answers".
Q) Gerald Durrell's pet named "Alecko" was which species of bird?
I should know this. Gray-winged Trumpeter?
I thought of that, but knew it was incorrect. Nothing came to mind, so I confess to googling the answer, which I obviously have no intention of playing; having seen the answer I do recall the bird in question.
Greater Black-backed Gull
This is correct.
According to Gerald in My Family And Other Animals he was given the gull by a convict on day-leave from the prison. In reality (according to various biographers) it was actually his brother Leslie who met the convict and Gerald appropriated the story for himself. Similarly, Lawrence also apparently took events which happened to Leslie and rewrote them featuring himself instead.
@FBBird can provide the next bird question.
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Seeing there has been no question provided after three days, I'll try again with a new bird question. Whoever gets it correct first asks the next question.
Q) The Gentoo Penguin was given its scientific name after which island?
Q) The Gentoo Penguin was given its scientific name after which island?
Knew this, but didn’t see the question til now!
That is correct - named after a mistaken claim that the species was from that island (I can't remember the exact story off-hand).New Guinea
The next question belongs to you.
What is the noteworthy link between the Australian King Parrot and Zoo Berlin?
Usually I think zoo connections are that a species was first discovered by science in one. I don't think that is the case here, but that will be the basis of my answer [guess] anyway.
Is it that the sexual dimorphism of the species was first recorded in specimens kept at Zoo Berlin?
I like your thinking, but not to the best of my knowledge!
I would assume the person who described the species was somehow affiliated to the zoo, but without googling I wouldn't know who described this species
Lintworm is correct, but I had to follow a google trail to find out, so I am not going to give the answer either.
AndyJ08
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I’ve stumbled upon this thread and decided to revive it.
How well do you know these birds?
1.) A recently re-discovered, non-passerine species found in the Western Australian outback that was previously thought extinct.
2.) An endangered subspecies of a common, charismatic gamefowl species, that is found only in southern Arizona and Sonora in northwestern Mexico.
3.) An African species that was thought to be a mere myth until found living in 1936.
4.) A commonly-seen passerine that spread to the eastern United States from the western states via a pet shop escape.
5.) An extinct species that was found only in a small area on the eastern coast of Florida, the last member of the species passed away of old age under the care of Disney’s Discovery Island.
6.) A hypothetical bird of prey described by William Bartram in the 1700’s on a trip to Florida.
7.) A pair of birds of this species were found in Newfoundland, Canada, one was shot and put on display in a museum.
8.) The closest living relative of Raphus cucullatus alive today.
9.) A tragically extinct species that went extinct in the 20th century, the species is famous for the heartbreaking, un-answered mating songs delivered by the last living male.
10.) The only penguin species known to stray across the Equator.
How well do you know these birds?
1.) A recently re-discovered, non-passerine species found in the Western Australian outback that was previously thought extinct.
2.) An endangered subspecies of a common, charismatic gamefowl species, that is found only in southern Arizona and Sonora in northwestern Mexico.
3.) An African species that was thought to be a mere myth until found living in 1936.
4.) A commonly-seen passerine that spread to the eastern United States from the western states via a pet shop escape.
5.) An extinct species that was found only in a small area on the eastern coast of Florida, the last member of the species passed away of old age under the care of Disney’s Discovery Island.
6.) A hypothetical bird of prey described by William Bartram in the 1700’s on a trip to Florida.
7.) A pair of birds of this species were found in Newfoundland, Canada, one was shot and put on display in a museum.
8.) The closest living relative of Raphus cucullatus alive today.
9.) A tragically extinct species that went extinct in the 20th century, the species is famous for the heartbreaking, un-answered mating songs delivered by the last living male.
10.) The only penguin species known to stray across the Equator.