| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Huge flightless bird with a notoriously powerful kick | Cassowary | 89%
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| Huge seabird known to glide over the ocean for extended periods of time | Albatross | 78%
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| Four and twenty of these were baked in a pie | Blackbird | 67%
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| Tiny cockatoo, extremely popular as a pet | Cockatiel | 67%
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| Shag without a crest | Cormorant | 67%
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| Gifted in a pear tree | Partridge | 67%
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| Common European finch with distinctive red face | Goldfinch | 44%
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| Typical shorebird, usually with a long bill to find food in the sand | Sandpiper | 44%
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| Courting males construct structures from twigs and decorate them with leaves and flowers | Bowerbird | 33%
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| Waterfowl similar to a moorhen or swamphen | Gallinule | 33%
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| Long-winged nightjar of the Americas | Nighthawk | 33%
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| Beautiful stocky finch with a black mask and pale or red underparts | Bullfinch | 22%
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| Adorable and familiar small tit of North America and Scandinavia | Chickadee | 22%
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| Commonly known in Australia as the blue wren | Fairywren | 22%
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| Small, stocky, short-tailed parrot of Queensland and New Guinea | Fig-Parrot | 22%
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| Like the above, but with a bright orange crown stripe | Firecrest | 22%
|
| Huge, bulky falcon sparsely distributed across North America and Europe | Gyrfalcon | 22%
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| Small, pale gull of far northern latitudes | Kittiwake | 22%
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| Large corvid with blue upperparts and very long tail | Magpie-Jay | 22%
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| Strange duck with a long, thin bill | Merganser | 22%
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| Auk-like seabird with a thick, stubby bill | Razorbill | 22%
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| Small, grey, sexually dimorphic warbler of inland Australia | Redthroat | 22%
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| Striking woodpecker of North America | Sapsucker | 22%
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| Wading bird with distinctively-shaped bill, closely related to ibises | Spoonbill | 22%
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| Long-winged and long-tailed perching swift relative with distinctive crests or whiskers | Treeswift | 22%
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| Distinctive waterhen with a frontal shield raised like a crest | Watercock | 22%
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| Rare Hawaiian honeycreeper with bushy frontal crest | Akohekohe | 11%
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| Large, dull goose of taiga and tundra | Bean-Goose | 11%
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| Handsome European finch with pink-chestnut face and dark cap | Chaffinch | 11%
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| Large, chocolate-brown ovenbird of South America | Cinclodes | 11%
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| Stocky finch with a huge, uniquely shaped beak | Crossbill | 11%
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| Sombre-looking Australian bird with dark plumage, long beak and yellow eye | Currawong | 11%
|
| Large shorebird with a very long straight bill | Dowitcher | 11%
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| Speckled thrush which breeds in Scandinavia and Russia | Fieldfare | 11%
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| Crested bulbul with a stout, yellow bill | Finchbill | 11%
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| Large hummingbird, in which the males have a distinctive orange forehead | Firecrown | 11%
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| Small, predominantly red African waxbill | Firefinch | 11%
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| Large, piscivorous raptor | Fish-Eagle | 11%
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| Large woodpecker with scaled belly and red or golden back | Flameback | 11%
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| Large, quail-like bird | Francolin | 11%
|
| Nocturnal bird with a comically large head and bill | Frogmouth | 11%
|
| Large, frugivorous cotinga with dark plumage | Fruitcrow | 11%
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| Tiny Eurasian bird with a diagnostic golden stripe on the crown | Goldcrest | 11%
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| Pretty duck known to lay eggs in other females' nests | Goldeneye | 11%
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| Philippines equivalent of the above | Guaiabero | 11%
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| Small, slender-billed seabird with bright red legs | Guillemot | 11%
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| Plump, beautifully-coloured babbler of East Asia | Leiothrix | 11%
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| Ground-dwelling bird of Australia and New Guinea in which the female is more colourful than the male | Logrunner | 11%
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| Bird-of-paradise with erectile display fans and iridescent blue breast-shield | Lophorina | 11%
|
| Tiny psittacid of the tropical Americas | Parrotlet | 11%
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| Small, chunky heron found across eastern Asia and Madagascar | Pond-Heron | 11%
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| Plump tundra-dwelling bird which is completely white in winter | Ptarmigan | 11%
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| Chunky ground-dwelling pigeon of the Americas | Quail-Dove | 11%
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| Bird-of-paradise which displays on a prominent branch, holding both wings above its head | Riflebird | 11%
|
| Dull brown finch with pink markings on the wings and belly | Rosy-Finch | 11%
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| Ground-dwelling megapode of tropical forests | Scrubfowl | 11%
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| Plump, grouselike bird of South American mountains | Seedsnipe | 11%
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| Slender, short-billed thrush of the Americas | Solitaire | 11%
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| Small- to medium-sized swift named for the thin protrusions extending from the tail feathers | Spinetail | 11%
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| Also sometimes known as a stone-curlew | Thick-knee | 11%
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| Parrot-billed Galapagos finch which comes in three sizes | Tree-Finch | 11%
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| Stocky, boldly marked shorebird | Turnstone | 11%
|
| Small African bird with a fan of bare skin around the eye | Wattle-eye | 11%
|
| Chiming or chirruping bird of inland Australia | Wedgebill | 11%
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| New Zealand endemic with a distinctively pale head | Whitehead | 11%
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| Predominantly black African weaver | Widowbird | 11%
|
| Strange, slender-billed waxbill of central Africa | Antpecker | 0%
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| Small, intricately-marked bird with a long, heavy bill | Antshrike | 0%
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| Elusive, oddly chicken-like passerine of South America | Antthrush | 0%
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| Large, long-billed, yellow-olive Madagascar endemic | Bernieria | 0%
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| Widespread, pied-and-orange finch which breeds in Scandinavia and Russia | Brambling | 0%
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| Large, dark, brilliantly coloured hummingbird | Brilliant | 0%
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| Small, drab dove of the Philippines | Brown-Dove | 0%
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| Pretty quail found in India | Bush-Quail | 0%
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| Brightly-coloured ground-dwelling flycatcher of the Himalayas and Taiwan | Bush-Robin | 0%
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| Large ovenbird with rich chestnut plumage | Cacholote | 0%
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| Rare and possibly extinct tyrant of southeastern Brazil | Calyptura | 0%
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| Relatively small and pale South American ovenbird | Canastero | 0%
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| Large rufous flycatcher found in Brazil and surrounding areas | Casiornis | 0%
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| Plain, slim, long-tailed babbler | Chatterer | 0%
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| Plain Old World warbler with over 50 species in the genus | Cisticola | 0%
|
| Beautiful large flycatcher of African rocky habitats | Cliff-Chat | 0%
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| Dull, secretive European rail | Corncrake | 0%
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| Widespread, scaly African waxbill | Cut-throat | 0%
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| Small, yellowish warbler closely related to the above | Eremomela | 0%
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| Heavily streaked Australian warbler with a long, cocked tail | Fieldwren | 0%
|
| Tiny, elusive rail with puffy tail feathers | Flufftail | 0%
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| Large, dull honeyeater with bare facial skin, known for its loud squawking | Friarbird | 0%
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| Colourful, elegant pigeon of tropical Southeast Asia or Australasia | Fruit-Dove | 0%
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| Small, plain warbler favouring reeds and grasslands | Grassbird | 0%
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| Small, finch-like bird of fields and open woodland | Grassquit | 0%
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| Small, streaked, long-tailed bird of inland Australia | Grasswren | 0%
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| Distinctive bright purple-and-red African waxbill | Grenadier | 0%
|
| Unusual brown corvid with large white wing patches | Ground-Jay | 0%
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| Large, crested eagle | Hawk-Eagle | 0%
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| Small Australian warbler with a reddish rump and long, cocked tail | Heathwren | 0%
|
| Grey, yellow-billed finch endemic to the Peruvian Andes | Inca-Finch | 0%
|
| Andean hummingbird with very long, straight beak | Lancebill | 0%
|
| Dark but beautiful Southeast Asian songbird related to the laughingthrushes | Liocichla | 0%
|
| Barn-owl with prominent facial disc | Masked-Owl | 0%
|
| Hummingbird with an iridescent throat patch and tail | Metaltail | 0%
|
| Smoky-grey bird with long tail, shaggy crest and short, stout bill | Mousebird | 0%
|
| Australian waterfowl with an erect, chicken-like tail | Nativehen | 0%
|
| Distinctive yellowish waxbill of central Africa | Oliveback | 0%
|
| Relatively pale, tropical swift | Palm-Swift | 0%
|
| Tiny, colourful Australian gem that nests in burrows | Pardalote | 0%
|
| Beautiful shorebird known to spin rapidly on water to stir up food | Phalarope | 0%
|
| Medium-sized, chocolate brown warbler of far southeastern Australia | Pilotbird | 0%
|
| Small African robin with mostly orange underparts | Robin-Chat | 0%
|
| Pale Arabian bird resembling a cross between a sparrow, finch and lark | Rockfinch | 0%
|
| Sexually dimorphic finch with a pink tinge | Rosefinch | 0%
|
| Large hummingbird usually with glossy upperparts, paler underparts and white tail-tips | Sabrewing | 0%
|
| Dark, plump, small-billed bird endemic to New Guinea | Satinbird | 0%
|
| Either of two rare and elusive ground-dwelling birds of Australia | Scrub-bird | 0%
|
| Small, drab Australasian warbler that forages near the rainforest floor | Scrubwren | 0%
|
| Vaguely-defined type of finch with a thick, conical bill | Seedeater | 0%
|
| Unique, distinctive passerine with a sharp bill and speckled plumage | Sharpbill | 0%
|
| Small hummingbird with decurved bill and long, forked tail | Sheartail | 0%
|
| Dark blue-grey flycatcher of southern India | Sholakili | 0%
|
| Small, dark robin of the Himalayas and Southeast Asia | Shortwing | 0%
|
| Dark, prominently crested bird with a patch of white behind the eye | Shrikejay | 0%
|
| Unique Australian passerine that is the only species in its family | Shrike-tit | 0%
|
| Common and widespread white-eye of Australasia | Silvereye | 0%
|
| Small, greyish finch of alpine areas | Snowfinch | 0%
|
| Small, drab tyrant with a characteristically wide bill | Spadebill | 0%
|
| Small, finch-like bird of the Caribbean with marked sexual dimorphism | Spindalis | 0%
|
| Small Australian honeyeater with long, decurved bill | Spinebill | 0%
|
| Small, stocky flycatcher with dark back and rusty breast | Stonechat | 0%
|
| Large, long-billed South African nectar-eater | Sugarbird | 0%
|
| Tiny brown Australian warbler, or a hummingbird with a short, thin beak | Thornbill | 0%
|
| Brown, thick-billed South American ovenbird | Thornbird | 0%
|
| Small hummingbird with thin, elongated tail feathers | Thorntail | 0%
|
| Small, pied, crested tyrant flycatcher | Tit-tyrant | 0%
|
| Large, dark ground-dwelling bird with pale wings | Trumpeter | 0%
|
| Medium to large tyrant with entirely brown or chestnut plumage | Twistwing | 0%
|
| Beautiful hummingbird named for the purple patch behind the eye | Violetear | 0%
|
| Tiny, thick-billed Australian warbler with a pale face bordered with black | Whiteface | 0%
|
| Spectacular hummingbird with forked tail | Woodnymph | 0%
|
| Dull grey tyrant widespread from Alaska to Peru | Wood-Pewee | 0%
|
| Small, chicken-like bird of Latin America | Wood-Quail | 0%
|