Birds general knowledge quiz - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
heaviest bird in North America, often eaten during holidays	turkey	96%
an ostrich has ___ toes	two	94%
an extinct bird, once thought to be utterly moronic but was actually very smart	dodo	89%
a tiny bird that beats its wings at roughly 70 times per second	hummingbird	89%
"early bird gets the _____''	worm	89%
a flightless bird found in Australia who defeated the army in the 1930s	emu	87%
birds build these to raise their eggs	nest	87%
hard structure found on the mouths of all birds, sometimes tipped with a hook	beak	80%
the domestic variant of the above; highly prized for display, eggs, and meat	domestic chicken	78%
the cassowary, a ratite native to New Guinea and Australia, has two elongated claws on its feet which measure up to _____ inches long	five	78%
the only amphibious flightless bird; found in cold climates	penguin	74%
birds swallow __________ in order to grind up their food	gastroliths	72%
a wading bird with a spear-like bill which it uses for impaling fish, frogs and other aquatic animals	heron	70%
fish-eating bird of prey with fishhook-like talons	osprey	67%
a common pet bird; small but intelligent, and a member of the parakeet family	budgerigar, or budgie	65%
red, fluffy passerine with a distinctive tuft of feathers on its head	northern cardinal	65%
"nevermore''	raven	65%
the above is stored in the ________	gizzard	61%
plumed structures that most birds use for flight, and that other use for display	feathers	59%
birds have _______ bones	hollow	59%
grouping that birds belong in	dinosauria/reptilia	56%
largest bird (by height) that ever lived	giant moa, or dinornis	56%
large, goose-like bird native to northern climates, widely used for ornamental purposes	swan	56%
there are about _______ different species of birds	10,000	48%
a red, crowing groundfowl native to jungle environments	red junglefowl	43%
a large, colorful bird with a strongly-hooked beak	macaw	41%
widely considered "the first bird''	archaeopteryx	31%
sharp, razor-like extensions found on the legs of many galliformes	spurs	31%
the birds' closest living relatives are	crocodilians	30%
african stork that eats almost anything	marabou stork	17%
skin integument found on most birds' feet	scales	17%
small, North American passerine	black-capped chickadee	13%
largest bird (by wingspan) that ever lived	pelagornis	9%
in order to snap up larger fish, pelicans use their _______ _______	gular pouch	7%
the bone that allows most birds to fly is called the	breastbone	4%

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