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Previous trivia answers

Question:

Nightjars are often referred to as goatsuckers?
Answer:
True. They are not blood suckers but do get attracted to insects around goats.
Poll results:
42% True  58% False

Question:

A Ruff's legs can be pink, orange or green ?
Answer:
True.
Poll results:
27% True  73% False

Question:

Pacific Golden Plovers have diagnostic black axillaries?
Answer:
False. Grey Plovers have black axillaries
Poll results:
53% True  47% False

Question:

Red-footed Falcons can be identified by their white underwing coverts?
Answer:
False. The Amur Falcon has white underwing coverts.
Poll results:
52% True  48% False

Question:

The Narina Trogon was named after Francois Levaillant's Hottentot mistress?
Answer:
True
Poll results:
76% True  24% False

Question:

“Anhinga” the species name for a darter means “water turkey” ?
Answer:
True
Poll results:
45% True  55% False

Question:

Burchell’s Sandgrouse was named after Christopher Henry Burchell, an early 20th Century explorer and archaeologist?
Answer:
False: It was named after William John Burchell (1781-1863), who was first and foremost a botanist
Poll results:
72% True  28% False

Question:

Retz's Helmet-shrike was named after a Swedish professor? 
Answer:
True
Poll results:
64% True  36% False

Question:

The Latin name for "Dikkops" "Burhinus" means thickhead? 
Answer:
False, "Bu" means large and "rhinus" means nose. i.e. large nose or nostrils
Poll results:
58% True  42% False

Question:

Oxpeckers are so called for their preference for the blood of oxen? 
Answer:
False, their main food is ticks
Poll results:
10% True  90% False

Question:

A Common Tern has a shorter bill and legs than an Artic Tern? 
Answer:
False
Poll results:
33.3% True  66.7% False

Question:

You can identify male and female White-browed Sparrow-weavers by the colour of their bill? 
Answer:
True. Males have black bills and females have horn coloured bills.
Poll results:
58.3% True  41.7% False

Question:

Petrels are also known as mollymawks? 
Answer:
False. Albatrosses are also known as mollymawks.
Poll results:
44.4% True  55.6% False

Do birds hibernate? 
Answer:
True. The Poorwil of North America is the only bird known to truly hibernate. .
Poll results:
22% True  78% False

Question:
The first specimens of archaeopteryx were found in Africa? 
Answer:
False. They were found in Solnhofen quarries near Munich, Germany.
Poll results:
49% True  51% False

Question:
A Black-tailed Godwit has a longer bill than a Bar-tailed Godwit 
Answer:
True.
Poll results:
71,8% True  28.2% False

Question:
The Common Tern has the longest migration route of all birds
Answer:
False. The Arctic Tern makes a round a trip of 36,000 kilometres.
Poll results:
38.3% True  61.7% False


 

 

 

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