Cuculus canorus is known for laying its eggs in other bird's nests. Where might you hear its distinctive two-note call?
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Question 2 of 10
The spine-tailed swift is the fastest bird, but if you cheat and count the gravity boost you get from diving downward, what bird becomes the fastest?
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Which of these is the name of both a Arctic sea duck and a commedia dell'arte clown?
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Irene Pepperberg named her subject Alex, short for Avian Learning Experiment. What was Alex?
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Ouch! The egg of what New Zealand bird is about a quarter of its body mass?
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Ornithologists talk about a bird's furculum, which absorbs the shock of wing motion and helps birds breathe while they fly. What do the rest of us call it?
Question 7 of 10
What bird from the Galapagos is also one of few birds that drinks blood, in particular the blood of seabirds?
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What birds not only impale their prey on thorny bushes, but leave the wriggling bodies en masse to impress potential mates?
Question 9 of 10
In 2009 a new bird, the Cambodian tailorbird (Orthotomus chaktomuk) was discovered hiding in plain sight in what city, during a routine check for avian flu?
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At one time, Ectopistes migratorius was estimated to account for half of all North American birds. Now it's extinct. What was it?
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