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 an observed longest life span of
(a) 140 years
(b) 100 years
(c) 74 years
(d) 37 years
A major cause of mortality of many birds visitors of aquatic habitat is
(a) Nutrient enrichment
(b) Lead poisoning
(c) Salt enrichment
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
Birds evolved from
(a) Non-chordates
(b) Reptiles
(c) Amphibians
(d) Fishes
Which one is characteristic of 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 of 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
What is a group of quails or snipes usually called?
(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 typical habitat?
(a) Greenland
(b) The Andes Mountains in Peru
(c) New Zealand
(d) Ethiopian highlands
Birds that 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
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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
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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, the cassowary is found in
(a) Australia
(b) New Zealand
(c) Indonesia
(d) Mauritius
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Kiwis 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 an 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
A kingfisher is a bird whose feet are
(a) Scratching type
(b) Raptorial type
(c) Perching type
(d) Wading type
If a bird is transferred from 30°C to 10°C. The body temperature will change to
(a) Ten °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 for them
(d) Have calcareous shelled egg
Pneumatic bones of birds
(a) Increase the respiratory rate
(b) Increase the heartbeat 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) Oncology
(d) Anthropology
Which type of evolution is shown by the wings of bats and pigeons?
(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) Hula hoop
(b) Raven
(c) Kiwi
(d) Hoopoe
Birds, especially 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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The actual organ of sound production in birds is
(a) Larynx
(b) Soundbox
(c) Vocal sac
(d) Syrinx
