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BLPN Quiz #4
A bird knowledge test for the fun of it. So try to answer without looking up the answers, just see how well you do from exercising those brain cells. You can always redo the test...
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1. Petrels get their name from...
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A certain type of rock which they favour for nesting
St Peter
A fish which is their favoured food
None of the above
2. These birds require a careful look to firm up an identification if they are not calling. This is a...
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Black-crowned Tchagra
Southern Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Not a Tchagra at all.
3. Which one of these cisticolas occurs in coastal wetlands from the Western Cape to Richard's Bay but can only be found at higher altitudes in Zululand?
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Croaking
Red-faced
Levaillant's
Rufous-winged
4. Which species? (use capitals for each word in your answer)
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5. The common name 'Bateleur' given to this eagle species by the French explorer Levaillant means or refers to...
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Its aggressive behaviour
Its method of hunting bats
Its acrobatic flight
6. What bird features in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
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Penguin
Albatross
A seagull
A frigate-bird
7. With a well known call and common occupant of our reserves, rural areas and suburban gardens - who am I? (use capitals for each word in your answer)
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8. Which of our shrikes gets its name from its resemblance to a species of corvid?
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Common fiscal
Redback shrike
Lesser grey shrike
Magpie shrike
9. The Goliath Heron is the world's largest heron - True or False
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True
False
10. Identify this species (use capitals for each word in your answer)
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11. Honey-guides and honeybirds are brood parasites. True or False
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True
False
12. According to Greek legend the poet Aeschylus was killed when a Bearded Vulture dropped an object on his head. What was it?
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A large bone
A rock
A tortoise
A large snail
13a. Identify this bird photographed in the uMlalazi estuary (use capital for each new word)
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13b. Choose the correct answer - The bird identified in 13a is found in KZN at certain times of the year because these birds move east and north
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following the sardine run
to breed in warmer estuaries
during migration to the middle east
14. Identify this species (use capitals for each word in your answer)
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15. Identify this bird photographed in Imfolozi Game Reserve.
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House Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Great Sparrow
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
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