Trivia questions about Birds:
Which of the following is a flightless bird?
(a) Emu
(b) Kiwi
(c) Ostrich
(d) All of the above
Parrot has a obeserved longest life span of
(a) 140 years
(b) 100 years
(c) 74 years
(d) 37 years
A pigeon in the absence of down feathers will not be able to
(a) Fly for long distances
(b) Protect against ectoparasites
(c) fly at all
(d) Keep the body warm
Which of these is a member of the crow family?
(a) Condor
(b) Emu
(c) Flamingo
(d) Magpie
What do toucans eat?
(a) Fruit
(b) Fish
(c) Insects
(d) Small animals
Which one is characteristic for birds?
(a) They are flying animals
(b) They are warm blooded
(c) They are Bipedal and have feathers
(d) They are quadruped and have scales
Which of these is the name for a place where doves are kept?
(a) Aquarium
(b) Lubritorium
(c) Auditorium
(d) Columbarium
A group of what is usually called a “parliament”?
(a) Owls
(b) Ravens
(c) Crows
(d) Rooks
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The study of the migration of birds is known as
(a) Ecology
(b) Nidology
(c) Phenology
(d) Phrenology
A group of quails or snipe is usually called what?
(a) Gaggle
(b) Covey
(c) Shoal
(d) Pod
Which of these birds is known for making a laughing sound?
(a) Nightingale
(b) Dove
(c) Lark
(d) Kookaburra
Which is a lammergeier bird’s normal habitat?
(a) Greenland
(b) The Andes Mountains in Peru
(c) New Zealand
(d) Ethiopian highlands
Birds which swim in water have
(a) webbed feet
(b) broad wings
(c) long beaks
(d) toes with claws
Birds have bipedal locomotion as it
(a) Reduces body weight
(b) Increases rate of locomotion
(c) Provides more support to the body
(d) Spares forelimbs for flight
Flight muscles of birds are attached to
(a) Clavicle
(b) Coracoid
(c) Keel of sternum
(d) Scapula
Flightless birds belong to
(a) Ratites
(b) Neornithes
(c) Archaeornithes
(d) None of these
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The beak in birds is toothed in
(a) Ostrich
(b) Kiwi
(c) Archaeopteryx
(d) Pelican
The vertebrae of birds are characteristically
(a) Heterocoelous
(b) Acoelous
(c) Opisthocoelous
(d) Amphicoelous
The wishbone of the birds is derived from
(a) Skull
(b) Pectoral girdle
(c) Pelvic girdle
(d) Hindlimb
The living wingless or flightless birds belong to the superorder
(a) Palaeognathae
(b) Odontognathae
(c) Archaeornithes
(d) None of these
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Which of the following birds cannot fly?
(a) Peacock
(b) Duck
(c) Emu
(d) Stork
Birds are
(a) Cold-blooded
(b) Homoiothermal
(c) Poikilothermal
(d) Homeopoiesis
Birds differ from bats in the absence of
(a) 4-chambered heart
(b) Homoiothermy
(c) Diaphragm
(d) Tracheae
A flightless bird, cassowary is found in
(a) Australia
(b) New Zealand
(c) Indonesia
(d) Mauritious
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Kiwi are found in
(a) India
(b) South America
(c) New Zealand
(d) East Indies
Birds fly with the help of
(a) Patagium
(b) Wing
(c) Feather
(d) Limbs
Both male and female pigeons secrete milk through
(a) Mammary glands
(b) Crop glands
(c) Salivary glands
(d) Gizzard glands
Which one of the following is a flightless bird?
(a) Passer
(b) Corvus
(c) Aptenodytes
(d) Pavo cristatus
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Which is not aerial adaptation of Birds
(a) Single ovary
(b) Pneumatic bone
(c) Gizzard
(d) Keeled sternum
Penguin is found in
(a) Africa
(b) Australia
(c) America
(d) Antarctica
Kingfisher is a bird in which the feet are
(a) Scratching type
(b) Raptorial type
(c) Perching type
(d) Wading type
If a bird is transfered from 30°C to 10°C. The body temperature will change to
(a) 10°C
(b) 30°C
(c) 15°C
(d) Remain unchanged
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Without exception, all birds are
(a) Omnivorous
(b) Have feathers and fly
(c) From nests and care them
(d) Have calcareous shelled egg
Pneumatic bones of birds
(a) Increase the respiratory rate
(b) Increase the heart beat rate
(c) Increase the CO2 output
(d) Increase the buoyancy
The branch of science dealing with the study of birds is
(a) Herpetology
(b) Ornithology
(c) Onoclogy
(d) Anthropology
Which type of evolution is shown by wings of bat and pigeon?
(a) Convergent
(b) Divergent
(c) Atavism
(d) Vestigial organs
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Which of these is a slender-billed wading bird related to the stork?
(a) Ibis
(b) Ibex
(c) Ibanez
(d) Isis
Which of these is a colorful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive ‘crown’ of feathers, the only species left in the family Upupidae?
(a) Hulahoop
(b) Raven
(c) Kiwi
(d) Hoopoe
Birds specially chicken grown for meat only, are known as
(a) Hybrid
(b) Broiler
(c) Bird management
(d) Bird culture
Which bird became extinct in the 17th century?
(a) Liverpool Pigeon
(b) Great Auk
(c) Colombian Grebe
(d) Dodo
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True organ of sound production in birds is
(a) Larynx
(b) Sound box
(c) Vocal sac
(d) Syrinx
