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Birds - Sudden Death

Some of these animals are birds. Others are not. Click on the birds without clicking on anything else!
Quiz by Berney
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Last updated: November 19, 2024
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First submittedNovember 14, 2024
Times taken47,510
Average score37.5%
Rating4.50
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Sudden Death. Clicking a wrong answer ends the quiz!
Rhea
Common quail
Barnacle
Kakapo
Teal
Oystercatcher
Merlin
Yellowjacket
Osprey
Aye-aye
Nightjar
Okapi
Sturgeon
Copperhead
Caiman
Axolotl
Echidna
Black mamba
Coelacanth
Cicada
Shoebill
Hoopoe
Bittern
Anchovy
Golden plover
Shearwater
Mistle thrush
Jackdaw
Cassowary
Painted lady
Lamprey
Grey mullet
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44 Comments
overtired
+5
Level 86
Nov 18, 2024
Tricky but fun! Nice choice of red herrings that helped with elimination.
Dimby
+5
Level 79
Nov 18, 2024
Great quiz. It basically turned into “pick everything you’ve never heard of” for me. Ha ha
Arp2600
+1
Level 87
Nov 18, 2024
Something like that. Most of the non-birds are much better-known than all those obscure birds.
mpepperdine
+4
Level 77
Nov 18, 2024
Wow shocked at the low scores on this one. I'm no birdwatcher, but I'd heard of at least half of these. Only 39% have heard of an Oystercatcher?? They're common on virtually every single coastline across the world
Arp2600
+12
Level 87
Nov 18, 2024
That's not how sudden death works, especially when the answer in question is at the bottom. Most people just failed before arriving there...

Anyway, you're obviously biased, and you shouldn't be haughty like that. This list is very difficult, too much in my opinion.

mpepperdine
+7
Level 77
Nov 19, 2024
Nah you’re just bad
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 92
Nov 19, 2024
No mate, pretty easy
Arp2600
+2
Level 87
Nov 19, 2024
It is, at the very least, difficult for non-native English speakers, I can tell you that. But I'm open to learning and this could be educational even though the quiz is clearly unbalanced.
QuackPackA
+1
Level 16
Apr 10, 2025
No, it's not hard
CaptainUnderpant
+3
Level 80
Nov 18, 2024
I'm no birdwatcher and I've heard of maybe four of these. Interestingly, lots of people don't live anywhere a coast and I'm sure plenty of people who do couldn't care less about the birds. Plus the above comment, that's not what the percentages mean.
mpepperdine
+4
Level 77
Nov 19, 2024
In practise, that's how it works. You go down the list clicking the ones you've heard of first. Reduction and logical reasoning comes afterwards. If you've heard of an Oystercatcher, you click on Oystercatcher way before making risky guesses.
CaptainUnderpant
+3
Level 80
Nov 21, 2024
In theory, that's how it works and maybe in practice for you. I'm sure plenty of people don't take it that way, particularly if they don't know much about the topic (if you only recognize four of the names then everything after is a 'risky guess' and 'reduction and logical reasoning' might come in less handy when most of the options are still available)
Dontforget
+2
Level 71
Nov 18, 2024
You have to either know all of the right ones, or enough of the wrong ones to eliminate them.

And if you guess wrong or misclick it ends it before you can click all of the ones you know. It helps to guess the ones you're confident on before making guesses, but not everyone does that

DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 86
Nov 19, 2024
Oystercatcher sorta sounded familiar, so I saved that one for the group I would guess on. After contemplating where oysters live, and what it might take for a bird to reach them (pictured a bird in SCUBA gear), I decided to guess on a different choice...which happened to be incorrect.

BTW, to my knowledge, we don't have oystercatchers on the Jersey Shore. (if we do, they never introduced themselves to me)

leontodon
+2
Level 71
Nov 25, 2024
You do! The American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) is present all along the shore in spring and summer.

Sadly you're a bit late to catch them this year, but you might get some stragglers — someone reported a small flock at Cape May a couple days ago. You're most likely to see one in May and July, but most likely to see big impressive flocks in late January and mid-October.

They can be a bit shy (compared to, like, gulls, who will confidently scream in your face), so you might want to go to the beach when few people are around (dawn, dusk, bad weather, weekdays) and grab a pair of binoculars.

dasubergeek
+1
Level 74
Nov 22, 2024
Around here they're just called sandpipers (yes, aware they're not actually sandpipers, people simply don't make the distinction, especially since we have no oysters in these waters).
QuackPackA
+1
Level 16
Apr 10, 2025
I know- like I just read a lot and I got an 100 first time around.
Xuxi42
+1
Level 51
Apr 15, 2025
There are many people like me taking quizzes in english but english is not our first language. I am actually quite proud that I got 8.
LAP3UNC
+2
Level 87
Nov 18, 2024
I apparently know nothing about birds.
pinkysbrain
+1
Level 85
Nov 18, 2024
Got all because I knew the ones that were not birds . I never heard of two of the bird names but I knew all the non birds.
hi111223
+2
Level 66
Nov 18, 2024
Kakapos are so cute. I hope they don't go extinct.
Chump772
+2
Level 55
Nov 22, 2024
I hope they do
Hawke
+1
Level 85
Nov 18, 2024
Awesome quiz! 16/16 in 17 seconds (Yes, I'm a birder)
barmanitan
+3
Level 82
Nov 18, 2024
Nice! I think I got merlins confused with marlins, and mullets definitely seem like something a bird would have haha (also mullet is spelled with only one t)
Berney
+1
Level 82
Nov 19, 2024
Thanks, corrected the spelling and just waiting for the change to be approved.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 92
Nov 19, 2024
Love it, more please
Berney
+1
Level 82
Nov 22, 2024
Thanks, I've created several others as part of a series, see Animals - Sudden Death.
erik25
+3
Level 24
Nov 19, 2024
Barnacle is a goose!
Berney
+3
Level 82
Nov 19, 2024
No, a 'barnacle goose' is a goose, a barnacle is a crustacean that attaches itself to rocks and other surfaces.
leontodon
+2
Level 71
Nov 21, 2024
"Barnacle" is a reasonable way to refer to a barnacle goose. I figured I'd click all the other birds, and if I had one remaining at the end I'd include barnacle.

Might I suggest changing it to "limpet"? It's also a seashell, avoids this problem, but is nicely tricky because it's similar to "limpkin".

Tramp
+3
Level 77
Nov 22, 2024
Birdwatcher here. I've never heard anybody call a barnacle goose a "barnacle" in my life.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Mar 28, 2025
Interestingly, in French, the word "bernache" can refer to both geese and barnacles. I think there was some kind of myth that barnacle geese turned into barnacles instead of migrating?
KuduBiltong
+1
Level 61
Nov 22, 2024
In a similar way to a grape being a large citrus fruit
ParaCat
+1
Level 26
Nov 22, 2024
And where do you think are the parakeets? 😔
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 69
Nov 22, 2024
Super easy! Great quiz.
Catgames2
+3
Level 56
Nov 22, 2024
7000 times taken in 8 days?

jetpunk users found a new toy to play with (sudden death)

Baalhammon
+2
Level 69
Nov 22, 2024
People think you need birdwatching experience to get this but in reality you just need to play enough Wingspan
MasterKenobi
+1
Level 62
Nov 22, 2024
Perfect score! Woot! (This never happens haha)
DelaBriQue
+1
Level 65
Nov 22, 2024
Jetpunkers are definitely better at geography than at zoology! ;)
erikj
+1
Level 66
Nov 22, 2024
Almost fell for the Barnacle (goose)! that was the trickiest red herring for me. But as a birdwatcher I ended up with a 100%.
stalintime
+1
Level 78
Nov 22, 2024
I go through all the ones I know for sure. I have 22 left, 16 of which aren't birds. I know for sure 13 aren't birds. The very first one I guess is wrong. fml
JBrommit
+1
Level 65
Nov 22, 2024
Being a birdwatcher pays off! Perfect score on my first try.
bittern
+1
Level 43
Nov 22, 2024
Birdwatcher here. I'm amazed shoebill and kakapo are so widely gotten. I'm surprised teal and bittern are not. Teal and bittern species are widely distributed, and shoebill and kakapo are not.
Arp2600
+1
Level 87
Nov 22, 2024
Teal has replaced smew that was much more difficult, but the stats have not been reset. Kakapo is something special, I had heard about it, and it has the same name in several languages, which helps many cultured takers. On the other hand, I had never seen the word "bittern", but I know of course the french equivalent "butor"... As for the shoebill, well "bill" is a serious clue, even if you don't know the bird.
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