Bird Trivia Questions And Answers

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1. Which is not a group term for birds?
A. Flock
B. Flight
C. Volery
D. Swarm

D. Swarm
TOPICS: Various insects can collectively be called a swarm but not birds!

2. Which of these is a fear of birds?
A. Alektorophobia
B. Astraphobia
C. Ornithophobia
D. Ouranophobia

C. Ornithophobia
TOPICS: Although alektorophobia was close, that is a fear of chickens! Astraphobia is the fear of lightning and Ouranophobia is the fear of heaven!

3. Is one of these birds NOT called a chick when in the nest?
A. Canary
B. Condor
C. Owl
D. Penguin

C. Owl
TOPICS: A small owl is called an owlet, but surely a condor would have a more impressive name when young?

4. What is the collective name for crows?
A. A murder
B. A clutch
C. A clutter
D. A Sleuth

A. A murder
TOPICS: You can have a clutch of chicks, a clutter of cats, and a sleuth of bears, if anyone was wondering.

5. What is the largest living species of bird?
A. Condor
B. Eagle
C. Ostrich
D. Emu

C. Ostrich
TOPICS: Did you know they are omnivorous, eating grass, foliage, and any small animals they can chase down?

6. What is the heaviest flying bird?
A. The great bustard
B. The Condor
C. The Egyptian Vulture
D. The Ostrich

A. The great bustard
TOPICS: They can weigh up to 40 pounds!

7. Which is NOT a proper name for a group of ducks?
A. Brace
B. Flock
C. Skein
D. Team

C. Skein
TOPICS: Actually that was pretty tricky as you can have a skein of geese%u2026

8. Which is not the correct name of a baby bird?
A. A duckling
B. A cheeper
C. A fledgling
D. A chicken

D. A chicken
TOPICS: For some strange reason, baby turtles are called chickens, while baby chickens are called chicks! The other baby names are for the duck, the partridge, and the penguin.

9. How many eyelids do birds have?
A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three

D. Three
TOPICS: They have an upper lid resembling that of humans, a lower lid that closes when a bird sleeps, and a third lid, called a nictitating membrane, that sweeps across the eye sideways, starting from the side near the beak. This lid is a thin, translucent fold of skin that moistens and cleans the eye and protects it from wind and bright light.

10. Which is the true fact about birds' sleeping habits?
A. They need very little sleep
B. They need a lot of sleep
C. They sleep about the same amount as the average human
D. They never sleep

A. They need very little sleep
TOPICS: Many seabirds, in particular, sleep very little. For example, the sooty tern, which rarely lands on water, may fly for several years with only brief periods of sleep lasting a few seconds each. Flying is so effortless for the sooty tern and some other seabirds that it takes virtually no energy at all.

11. The bowerbirds of Australia and New Guinea got their name from which trait?
A. The female's refusal to leave the nest until the eggs are hatched
B. The male's refusal to leave the nest until the eggs are hatched
C. The males building bowers for shelter, which they decorate with colorful objects such as flower petals, feathers, fruit, and even human-made items such as ribbons and tinfoil, to attract the females during courtship.
D. The females building bowers for shelter, which they decorate with colorful objects such as flower petals, feathers, fruit, and even human-made items such as ribbons and tinfoil, to attract the males during courtship.

C. The males building bowers for shelter, which they decorate with colorful objects such as flower petals, feathers, fruit, and even human-made items such as ribbons and tinfoil, to attract the females during courtship.
TOPICS: How many people got that right!

12. Is one of these answers not a true collective description of a bird group?
A. A wedge of swans
B. A nest of pheasants
C. An ostentation of peacocks
D. An exaltation of larks

They are all correct!
TOPICS: Although there were some pretty obscure terms there, don't you think!

13. Seabirds have the longest migration patterns. How long can these trips get?
A. 20,000 miles
B. 10,000 miles
C. 5,000 miles
D. 1,000 miles

A. 20,000 miles
TOPICS: That's further than many humans travel in their lifetime!

14. Can you guess how many known species of birds there are?
A. 100
B. 1,000
C. 10,000
D. 100,000

C. 10,000
TOPICS: This includes all modern or recently extinct species.

15. Birds do what faster than any other animal?
A. Breathe
B. Pump their hearts
C. Chew
D. Procreate

A. Breathe
TOPICS: This is needed to sustain the high metabolism necessary for flight. For example, a flying pigeon breathes 450 times each minute, whereas a human, when running, might breathe only about 30 times each minute.

16. Is one of these answers not a true collective description of a bird group?
A. A charm of goldfinches
B. A cast of hawks
C. A watch of nightingales
D. A clowder of quail

D. A clowder of quail
TOPICS: You can have either a bevy or a covey of quail, but not a clowder. You can however have a clowder of cats!

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