Easy
Birds
Feathers, Flight & Song
Record holders, adaptations and the dinosaur connection.
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What is the largest living bird species?
Birds
Flight, feathers and the last living dinosaurs.
Birds are the most visible wildlife in most people's daily lives and among the least examined, which leaves an enormous amount of easy discovery available. This category covers flight and the anatomy that makes it possible, the record holders for size, speed and distance, and the behaviours, migration and mimicry among them, that still puzzle researchers. It also covers their descent from dinosaurs, which is now well established rather than speculative. The explanations link each trait to the demands of flight, which turns out to explain most of what is unusual about them.
Difficulty mix
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Feathers, Flight & Song
Record holders, adaptations and the dinosaur connection.
1 easy
1 medium
1 hard
6–7 min each
3 quizzes in Birds
Medium
Birds
Nests, Eggs and Raising Chicks
Brood patches, egg tricks and the birds that hand the whole job to one parent.
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A bird that hatches covered in down and able to walk almost at once is described as what?
Hard
Birds
Beaks, Diets and Hunting
Ten bills, tongues and stomachs, and the food each of them evolved to handle.
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A flamingo feeds by doing what?
Questions
About Birds quizzes
How many Birds quizzes are there?
3 published quizzes in this subject, 30 questions in total. Every one is researched, written and checked by hand.
How hard are they?
The mix here is 1 easy, 1 medium and 1 hard. Difficulty is about how obscure the answers are, not how fast you have to be — there is no timer on any quiz.
How long does one take?
About 6 minutes on average, ranging from 6 to 7. Playing every birds quiz would take roughly 19 minutes.
Which one should I start with?
"Feathers, Flight & Song" is the gentlest way in — 10 questions, about 6 minutes, rated easy.
Do I need an account?
No. Every quiz is free and playable straight away. An optional free account only saves your scores across devices.
Do you explain the answers?
Yes — every question has a short explanation of why the right answer is right, shown the moment you answer, whether you got it or not.