Quiz on Birds - Indian Wildlife Club

1. The African Honeyguide bird loves honeywax but it cannot break the honeybee hive. What does it do?

It pushes the branches of the tree till the hive falls and breaks

It leads honey badgers to the hive

It pecks at the exterior, worrying the bees till they abondon the hive

2. The Flamingo has a very curiously inverted beak. What is it used for?

To peck the leg of intruders

To scoop the mud bottom and strain the minute food particles through

To act as a pouch for uneaten fish

3. Birds have no teeth. Where is their food broken up before being digested?

In the gizzard

In the throat

In the stomach

4. Which bird can rotate its head a 180 degrees on either side?

The Owl

The Roller

The Nightjar

5. Which of these birds can travel the longest without flapping its wings?

Andean Condor

The Black Vulture

The Whisteling Hawk

6. Which is the only bird that can move both the upper and lower parts of its beaks?

Parrot

Vulture

Falcon

7. Which is the weakest sense of birds?

Taste

Hearing

Smell

8. What is the name of the earliest known bird?

Anapsida

Archaeopteryx

Sauropterygia

9. Which is the tallest Indian bird?

The Sarus Crane

The Adjutant Stork

The Barheaded Goose

10. Which of these birds has the largest wingspan?

Arctic Tern

Lapwing

Albatross