Bing Birds Quiz – Calls, Feathers and Record Flights
The Bing Birds Quiz asks you to guess the species behind remarkable bird behaviors and records, from the peregrine falcon and Arctic tern to the bar-tailed godwit, ostrich, kiwi, lyrebird, albatross and hummingbird. Not every bird can fly, and not every migration follows the obvious route.
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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds
Speed
Which bird reaches the highest speed of any animal during its hunting dive?
Migration
Which bird has the longest yearly migration, flying between the Arctic and Antarctic?
Non-stop
Which bird holds the record for the longest non-stop flight, from Alaska to Tasmania?
Flightless
Which flightless bird lays the largest eggs of any living bird?
Calls
Which Australian bird can copy chainsaws, camera shutters and other birds?
Size
Which seabird has the widest wingspan of all birds alive today?
Hummingbirds
What unusual flying ability do hummingbirds have?
Feathers
Why are flamingos pink?
Intelligence
Which birds are known to recognize individual human faces and remember people who threatened them?
Owls
Why can owls fly almost silently?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: Which bird reaches the highest speed of any animal during its hunting dive?
Answer: The peregrine falcon
Peregrine falcons can exceed 300 kilometers per hour in a hunting dive. They live on every continent except Antarctica.
- Q2: Which bird has the longest yearly migration, flying between the Arctic and Antarctic?
Answer: The Arctic tern
Arctic terns can travel more than 70,000 kilometers a year. They see more daylight than any other animal.
- Q3: Which bird holds the record for the longest non-stop flight, from Alaska to Tasmania?
Answer: The bar-tailed godwit
A young bar-tailed godwit flew about 13,560 kilometers in 11 days in 2022. It did not stop to eat or rest.
- Q4: Which flightless bird lays the largest eggs of any living bird?
Answer: The ostrich
An ostrich egg can weigh about 1.4 kilograms. Compared with body size, though, the kiwi lays the biggest egg.
- Q5: Which Australian bird can copy chainsaws, camera shutters and other birds?
Answer: The lyrebird
Male superb lyrebirds use their mimicry in courtship displays. They also have spectacular tail feathers.
- Q6: Which seabird has the widest wingspan of all birds alive today?
Answer: The wandering albatross
The wandering albatross's wings can stretch about 3.5 meters. It can glide for hours without flapping.
- Q7: What unusual flying ability do hummingbirds have?
Answer: They can fly backward
Hummingbirds rotate their wings in a figure-eight pattern. They are the only birds that can truly fly backward.
- Q8: Why are flamingos pink?
Answer: Pigments in the food they eat
Flamingos eat algae and shrimp that contain carotenoid pigments. Chicks are gray at first and turn pink slowly over their first few years.
- Q9: Which birds are known to recognize individual human faces and remember people who threatened them?
Answer: Crows
Studies in Seattle showed crows remembered researchers wearing a certain mask for years. They even warned other crows.
- Q10: Why can owls fly almost silently?
Answer: Their feathers have soft, comb-like edges
The special feathers break up air flow and muffle sound. Prey often does not hear an owl coming.
Bing Birds Quiz – Calls, Feathers and Record Flights
There are more than 10,000 bird species, and they live in almost every habitat on Earth. Birds are the living descendants of dinosaurs, and many of their abilities still surprise scientists.
Flight records are remarkable. The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on Earth in a dive, the Arctic tern migrates between the poles and a bar-tailed godwit flew nonstop from Alaska to Tasmania. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird.
Not every bird flies, though. Ostriches lay the largest eggs of any living bird, and kiwis lay huge eggs compared with their body size. Hummingbirds, at the other extreme, are tiny and can even fly backward.
Birds are also clever and creative. Lyrebirds copy chainsaws and camera shutters, crows recognize human faces and owls fly silently thanks to special feathers. Flamingos get their pink color from the food they eat. Watching birds closely, even in a city park, reveals many of these behaviors in action.
The Bing Birds Quiz has ten multiple-choice questions and a 150-second timer. After each answer you see a short explanation, so even a wrong guess teaches you something new. When you finish, you can check your score, review the answers and play again to see whether you can beat your first result. The score is just for fun, so there is no pressure. If a question surprises you, read the explanation and try a related quiz afterward to build on what you learned.
Play the quiz and see how many bird records and behaviors you can identify.
What This Quiz Teaches
- Record-breaking flights
- Bird migration
- Flightless birds
- Bird calls and mimicry
- Feathers and color
- Bird intelligence
Quick Facts
- Birds are the only living animals with feathers.
- The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird.
- Penguins live almost entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Some parrots live more than 60 years.
- Woodpeckers have shock-absorbing skulls.
- Many birds navigate by the stars.
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