QUIZ: Seabirds of the Caribbean

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Choose the correct answer(s)!

To help you with identification, make sure to re-watch Chris Haney's webinar on Caribbean seabird identification (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2oSAgQz1oQ) or to check the species profiles in our Caribbean Seabirds Monitoring Manual (available for free download here: https://www.birdscaribbean.org/caribbean-birds/seabirds/seabird-resources/).

Are you from the Caribbean?

Yes

Other:

Clear selection

What species is this?

1 point

A. Red-Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

B. Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)

C. Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

D. Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Clear selection

What species is this?

1 point

A. Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

B. Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)

C. Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)

D. Common Tern (Sterna

Clear selection

What species is this?

1 point

A. Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)

B. Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

C. Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

D. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

Clear selection

What species is this?

1 point

A. Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)

B. Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)

C. Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)

D. Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)

Clear selection

You are in the Bahamas. Can you identify these breeding species?

1 point

A. Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) and Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

B. Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) and Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

C. Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) and Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

D. None of the above

Clear selection

Identify this flock of seabirds

1 point

A. Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

B. Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

C. Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)

D. Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)

Clear selection

What species is this?

1 point

A. Black Noddy (Anous minutus)

B. Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)

C. Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)

D. Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)

Clear selection

What species of seabirds is in this picture?

1 point

A. Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens)

B. Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

C. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

D. Gull-billed Tern

Clear selection

Can you identify this chick?

1 point

A. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

B. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

C. Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

D. Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Clear selection

Can you identify this chick?

1 point

A. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

B. Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

C. Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

D. Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Clear selection

Can you identify this beach-nesting bird?

1 point

A. Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)

B. Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)

C. Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

D. Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Clear selection

Can you identify this individual?

1 point

A. Juvenile Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

B. Female Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

C. Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) in winter plumage

D. Juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Clear selection

You may be walking too close to a colony of which species? (Hint: they nest in an open grassy area)

1 point

A. Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

B. Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)

C. Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)

D. Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)

Clear selection

Can you identify this species?

1 point

A. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

B. Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)

C. Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

D. Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

Clear selection

Can you identify this species?

1 point

A. Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)

B. Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)

C. Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)

D. Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)

Clear selection

Which species nest in this colony? (Multiple answers)

1 point

A. Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)

B. Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

C. Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

D. Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Can you identify these chicks?

1 point

A. Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

B. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

C. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

D. Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

Clear selection

Can you identify this bird?

1 point

A. Juvenile Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

B. Adult Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

C. Juvenile Black-Skimmer (Rynchops niger)

D. Adult White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

Clear selection

You are in Venezuela. Can you identify this breeding species?

1 point

A. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

B. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

C. Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

D. None of the above

Clear selection

You are on the Cayman Islands. Which species could this chick be?

1 point

A. Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)

B. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

C. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

D. Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

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