1. What bird was used by ancient Egyptians for the hieroglyphic for “red”?
2. Which bird’s young is called a colt?
3. Which bird lands on Mary Poppins’ finger as she sings A Spoonful of Sugar?
4. Which bird lays the largest eggs relative to its size?
5. On which archipelago was the last great auk seen?
6. What is the smallest bird in the world?
7. Which bird’s young is called a colt?
8. A traditional Irish custom celebrated on Boxing Day involves hunting what bird on a pole?
9. What bird has the scientific name Pica pica?
10. What bird appears on the Australian 10 cent coin?
11. What is the official bird of Madison City Council in Wisconsin?
12. Emus’ eggs are a shade of which colour?
13. How many vertebrae are there in the neck of the mute swan?
14. What is the more common name for the furcula?
15. What pigment is primarily responsible for the pink colouring in flamingos?
16. A mythical bird that resembles a cormorant is a symbol of what city in England?
17. Which family of birds is known as the butcher birds?
18. What is the name of the only flightless parrot?
19. What species is Wisdom, thought to be the oldest bird in the world?
20. Which flightless bird has been known to kill humans?
21. What bird is commonly seen on British Christmas cards?
22. What does a hoatzin chick have a on its wings that is not seen in adult birds?
23. Which extinct bird from New Zealand was over 3.5 metres tall and weighed up to 230 kg?
24. What is the names of the Norse god Odin’s raven that begins with M?
25. Which transitional fossil shows both avian and dinosaurian features, including feathers and teeth?
26. Which mythical bird regenerates from ashes and symbolises rebirth?
27. Which is the heaviest species of penguin?
28. What is name of the vent that serves as the opening for both the reproductive and digestive system in birds?
29. Which is the only species of penguin to live north of the equator?
30. What is the dodo’s closest living relative?
31. What is the scientific name of the ostrich?
32. The terms wake, kettle, and committee all refer to a group of what type of bird?
33. What is the full name of the author of The Birds Of America?
34. Which bird is associated with Cockneys?
35. What is the national bird of India?
36. Where on a bird would you find its rectrices?
37. Which bird has a wattle, a beard, and a snood?
38. What is the state bird of Texas?
39. What is a swirling flock of starlings called?
40. What are the droppings of seabirds called that are used for fertiliser?
41. Which bird sings “a little bit of bread and no cheese”?
42. Which birds are kept at the Tower of London?
43. What species of owl is Hedwig, Harry Potter’s owl?
44. What is the name of the muscle used for grinding a bird’s food?
45. What is the highest flying bird in the world?
46. What major avian clade includes all living birds except for the ratites and tinamous?
47. What bird is associated with delivering babies?
48. In what year did the passenger pigeon become extinct?
49. Which English football team has the nickname The Owls?
50. What bird became a symbol Catholicism due to a belief that it revived its young with blood drawn from its own breast?
