Bird Quiz # 3

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  Why are Roseate Spoonbills pink?

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  • A.
    The sun bleaches them
  • B.
    The crustaceans they eat turn their feathers pink
  • C.
    They're born with the pink coloration
  • D.
    Maybe it's Maybelline
• 2.
   When the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics, like these two rose-breasted grosbeaks, it is called:

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  • A.
    Sexual Dimorphism
  • B.
    Physiological Split
  • C.
    Reproductive Differentiation
• 3.
  What bird is this?

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  • A.
    Great Cormorant
  • B.
    Double-crested Cormorant
  • C.
    Neotropic Cormorant
• 4.
  What is special about bird bones?

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  • A.
    They're hollow
  • B.
    They're denser than those of other animals
  • C.
    They're stronger than those of other animals
  • D.
    All of the above
• 5.
  What bird is this?

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  • A.
    Brown Headed Cowbird
  • B.
    Female American Crow
  • C.
    Female Common Grackle
• 6.
  Which bird lays the biggest egg (compared to body size)?

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  • A.
    Ruby-throated hummingbird
  • B.
    Kiwi bird
  • C.
    Ostrich
• 7.
  What bird is this?

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  • A.
    Watson's Warbler
  • B.
    Winston's Warbler
  • C.
    Wilson's Warbler
• 8.
  Cats kill up to how many birds per year in the US?

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  • A.
    3,700,000
  • B.
    370,000,000
  • C.
    3,700,000,000
• 9.
  Cardinals are known to sometimes purposefully cover themselves in:

  • A.
    Berry juice
  • B.
    Mud
  • C.
    Ants
• 10.
  On average, bird eyes can see:

  • A.
    More colors than human eyes
  • B.
    Fewer colors than human eyes
  • C.
    The same colors as human eyes

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Great job!

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