Master Chain Answer 14: The Bluebird
Master Chain Question 15: The yaffle is a traditional name for which British bird?
Here are fifteen more questions on birds:
1. With a wing-span of three metres, which is the world’s largest bird of prey?
2. Which is the largest member of the grouse family of birds?
3. Which bird of rivers and streams is sometimes known as the water ouzel?
4. Which is the smallest British bird, at around 9cm in size?
5. The parrots called the kaka and kea are native to which country?
6. The shrill cry of the lapwing gives rise to which alternative name for the bird?
7. Which lays the largest egg of any living bird (around 2 kg)?
8. Adelie, fairy and gentoo are species in which family of birds?
9. Name either of the two species of thrush which regularly migrate from Scandinavia to Britain each winter?
10. Which bird makes the longest migration of any bird when often travelling more than 10,000 miles?
11. Which species of warbler is named after an 18th-century Italian Jesuit?
12. Which large bird with the Latin name ciconia ciconia is often thought to be a symbol of good luck?
13. The bird of paradise is most associated with which country?
14. What is the unusual ability of the guacharo or oilbird?
15. What is the name given to a group of goldfinches?
ANSWERS
Master Chain: The green woodpecker
1. The Andean Condor
2. The Capercaillie
3. The dipper
4. The goldcrest (the firecrest is also acceptable as the answer)
5. New Zealand
6. The peewit
7. The ostrich
8. Penguins
9. Fieldfare and redwing
10. The Arctic Tern
11. Cetti’s Warbler
12. The White Stork
13. Papua New Guinea
14. It is capable of flying in total darkness by using sonar
15. A charm
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