Birdbrains: Bird Quiz
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The document presents a quiz about various bird species, covering topics such as migration, size, and identification through calls and charades. It includes questions with specific details on birds from different regions, including India, and emphasizes contributions from various individuals. Additionally, it highlights milestones in birdwatching recorded on eBird, such as first reports and notable checklists.
Birdbrains: Bird Quiz
- 1. BirddesignsfromFreepik.com Quiz by Tanya Seshadri (Inputs from Prashanth N S)
- 2. GK TYPES 1 10 SECONDS ONLY 10 POINTS PER Q
- 3. Which bird flies the highest during migration? Q1 BAR-HEADED GEESE 33,000 feet high VaidehiGunjal,Magadi,Gadag.e-Bird
- 4. Which bird flies the longest non-stop during migration? Q2 BAR-TAILED GODWIT 7,145-mile non-stop StephenMurray,Queensland.e-Bird
- 5. Which is the tallest among flying birds in India? Q3 SARUS CRANE Upto 1.8m GopiSundar.e-Bird
- 6. Which colourful birds across Asia, Africa & Australia get their names from Telugu? PITTAS (small bird) Q4 GarimaBhatia,Odisha.e-Bird
- 7. Balasore (Orissa) is known for its missile testing station. Which common Indian bird (probably!) gets its name from this town? Q5 AlbinJacob,Bangalore.e-Bird ASIAN PALM SWIFT (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
- 8. NAME THAT BIRD! 2 3 Clues 30 SECONDS ONLY 10 SEC PER CLUE 5 POINTS PER CLUE
- 10. MALABAR WHISTLING THRUSH Panchapakesan Jeganathan. Iyerpadi, Valparai
- 15. Q3 From Madras Natural Society. V Santharam From Birdlife
- 20. YELLOW WAGTAIL
- 21. IDENTIFY THAT BIRD CALL 3 30 SECONDS ONLY 10 POINTS PER Q 5 SEC AFTER AUDIO FROM XENOCANTO 5 POINTS AFTER AUDIO
- 22. A nasal drawn out slightly undulating kyerrh BRAHMINY KITE EX
- 23. Harsh titu-titu – also long drawn out screams iheeya, iheeya and a constant repeated ti-tui in display SHIKRA Q1
- 24. A mellow wandering whistle also a subdued gurgling YELLOW-FOOTED PIGEON Q2
- 25. A distinctive di- or tri-syllabic rasping flight call de-zeez-zeet, ocassionally given when at rest VERNAL-HANGING PARROT Q3
- 26. A soft coo-rooroo-rooroo or cru-do-do-do-do LAUGHING DOVE Q4
- 27. A high-pitched pyee and a series of long soft dp…dp notes EURASIAN COOT Q5
- 28. A noisy wader readily agitated; calls include kek...kek and a rather anxious kikikikiki BLACK-WINGED STILT Q6
- 29. A short harsh grunt and a wheezy piping seek-seek-seek BRONZE-WINGED JACANA Q7
- 30. Call is a subdued frog-like whuk with rising inflection repeated at irregular intervals INDIAN SCOPS OWL Q8
- 31. A distinctive, repeated, loud, staccato, kuk-ka-kurruk-ka GREY JUNGLEFOWL Q9
- 32. Series of liquid, tremulous calls: ch-wo-wo, repeated at the rate of 13-20 per minute JERDON’S NIGHTJAR Q1 0
- 33. BIRD CHARADES 4 30 SECONDS ONLY 10 POINTS PER Q
- 39. EE-BIRD, AA-BIRD5 15 SECONDS ONLY 10 POINTS PER Q
- 40. If you are on e-bird India, and look for grwa, name 3 birds you would find. 1. GREENISH WARBLER 2. GREEN WARBLER 3. GREY WAGTAIL Q1
- 41. TRSR CHARU Q2 On Christmas day in 1993 during field work on primates, 2 people among us reported a grey peacock-pheasant. This is the first report of the species on e-Bird. Who were they? BirminghamNatureCentre,England.
- 42. JERDON’S COURSER Q3 The oldest list uploaded on e-bird from India is from the year 1844 & is for this south Indian species PanchapakesanJeganathan, LankamaleshwariSanctuary,OBI.
- 43. SWATI SIDHU (No.27) 820 checklists GARIMA BHATIA (No.11) 885 species Q4 Which woman birders from among us top e-Bird India all time in terms of checklists & species?
- 44. MIKE PRINCE Q5 Bugun liochicla is a new species to science recently described from northeast India. Who first reported it on e-Bird? Painting by Edweed. Wikimedia Commons
- 45. YOU GUYS = AWESOME & ME = GRATEFUL
Editor's Notes
- #4: The Bar-headed Geese will soon be arriving in a couple of months to several lakes all around us, flying over the Himalayass. Look out for them and report them on eBird! This photo is by an eBirder, Vaidehi from Gadag in North Karnataka.
- #5: They fly from Arctic coasts to Australia/NZ, often on non-stop flights.
- #6: A species on which Gopi Sundar works on. This photo is taken from one of his eBird checklists.
- #7: In photo is one of the species of many Pittas, the Mangrove Pitta by Garima from Odisha.
- #8: Those of you who joined birding must have seen this yesterday right outside! You can still see them if you go out birding tomorrow morning flying around the palms outside venue.
- #9: Deepest Underwater Dive Piscivorous birds are often amazing swimmers and divers, and the popularemperor penguin holds the record for the deepest dive, reaching 1,751 feet deep in the Ross Sea off Antarctica.
- #11: Close-up of plumage, the classical habitat and the shot of a schoolboy doing “something” that schoolboys often do!
- #13: Distribution map from Birdlife (These are often approximate), Photo of this person gives the first half of the name while the beautiful pheasant-tailed Jacana gives the other half.
- #14: Hume, known in some circles for promoting Indian independence, is better known in our circles for his ornithology work! Very few photos of the bird from India
- #15: Sketch of the bird from an eBird checklist of Raghupathy Kannan, distribution map (these are not super accurate!) and the photo of the person who described it.
- #16: This photo of the bird by Jegan from the famous Iyerpadi area, the same area from where Sridhar’s Iyerpadi gentleman comes from. Layard named the species name of the bird, Muscicapa muttui after Muttu one of his helpers.
- #17: Close-up of a part of the bird, distribution map from birdlife and another photo of a person closely associated with the bird.
- #18: The fall of the sparrow, the autobio of Salim Ali, where the Yellow-throated sparrow was a turning point.
- #19: A WW II minesweeper ship of the US Navy, sketch of the bird from an eBird list of R Kannan in 1984 and the photo of the person whose name commemorates the bird name.
- #20: From an eBird checklist from Thailand.
- #21: A kids TV character, a dog behaviour of interest, and the distribution map of the bird.
- #22: The Motacilla flava beema gets its sub-sp name from Bheema.
- #23: A logo of a new app, a character and distribution map within Indian limits
- #24: Merlin
- #25: Grimett Inskipp
- #26: Seen and heard aroudn this locaiton
- #28: – orange breasted green pigeon or yellow footed green pigeon
- #39: Fruit eating by tossing it into the air, loud whoooshing wing beats and casque butting during mating
- #40: Ctching bees from a perch and hitting them to the cables. Photo is by Aparajita from Yelahanka lake.
- #41: Sallying from a perch and coming back, being aggressive. Photo by pns from koppal districts in north karnataka.
- #42: Hovering over river for fishing. This photo by a Selvaganesh, a school teacher in Valparai and a keen eBird contributor.
- #43: Hopping about on reeds and bushes and sitting sideways. Photo by Ramit
- #44: Hopping about in understorey and leaf litter.
- #46: Interesting short-forms exist for all birds. For example, papi is paddyfield pipit and lwdu is lesser whistling duck
- #47: During their fieldwork in Dampa Tiger Reserves
- #48: Jegan’s photo of the species from the days when he was finding them.
- #49: Yay! Go girls.
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