Quiz on Raptors

1. Out of the 482 species of raptors worldwide ------------------are nocturnal

2. A study by Bombay Natural History Society found that the population of two common species of these scavenging vultures have gone down by 90% over a decade.

3. This falcon breeds in he Himalayas and NE India and is a look alike of the shikra

4. A common hawk found in India, this raptor eats frogs, lizards, mice and squirrels. The male is ashy blue grey and female is brown. Its size is a little bigger than a blue rock pigeon.

5. This globally threatened eagle is a winter visitor in the wetlands of Haryana

6. Though uncommon in the Konkan and Malabar area, the Crested Serpent Eagle can be spotted on trees in the

7. This owl can be spotted in Bharatpur and Sultanpur Bird sanctuaries.

8. Jatayu and Sampati, in the epic Ramayana, who helped rama when Sita was abducted by Ravana , were,

9. A raptor is a . ………………………..

10. Distributed in India in the Malabar and Konkan region, this raptor eats, among other things, honey, wax and bee-larvae of the ferocious rock bees.