How it works
These bird trivia questions come in five rounds: backyard and familiar birds, birds of prey and owls, water birds and sea birds, flight, migration and nests, and bird words and firsts.
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Five rounds for bird people
Backyard and familiar birds asks why a robin is called a robin and where the starling's American story began. Birds of prey and owls covers plumicorns, the elf owl and the osprey's turning toe. Water birds and sea birds runs from the little penguin to the trumpeter swan. Flight, migration and nests explains keels, egg teeth and brood parasites. Bird words and firsts has a skein, a murmuration and a swan song.
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Tap a choice to check it; the reason and the page it was read on appear with the answer. Scored round asks 20 before it marks any. Team scores go on paper.
Tips
- Bird words and firsts is the round for word lovers: petrel, kiwi, ptarmigan and halcyon all have stories.
Questions and answers
What are some easy bird trivia questions?
What does the osprey eat? From what does the black-capped chickadee get its name? Which seabird is nicknamed the clown of the sea? The answers are fish, its call and the Atlantic puffin.
What is a flock of starlings called?
A murmuration is the swarming flight of a great flock of starlings. Geese on the ground are a gaggle, and geese in flight are a skein.
Which bird flies the highest?
Rüppell's vulture is considered the highest-flying bird: one was confirmed at 11,300 meters, or 37,000 feet. The fastest bird on land is the ostrich, at 70 kilometers an hour.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 2, 2026 in the Wikipedia article linked under it, usually the article on that bird. Population counts and conservation ranks are left out because they change. Questions whose fact another quiz on this site already asks were dropped.