Bird Records Quiz With Answers: Test Your Knowledge

A Rüppell's vulture once collided with a plane at over 11,000 meters, higher than Everest, and this bird records quiz with answers is full of feats like that. Compare the ostrich, the wandering albatross, the peregrine falcon and other feathered record-breakers.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Highest
Which bird holds the record for highest recorded flight?
Heaviest
Which is the heaviest living bird?
Heaviest flier
Which is among the heaviest flying birds?
Fastest level
Which bird is among the fastest in level flight?
Most numerous
Which wild bird is thought to be the most numerous?
Domestic
Which bird is the most numerous of all, counting farms?
Longest feathers
Which bird breed has tail feathers over 10 meters long?
Deepest
Which bird dives deepest?
Most eggs
Which bird lays the largest egg relative to body size?
Nonstop
Which bird holds the record for longest nonstop flight?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which bird holds the record for highest recorded flight?
Answer: Rüppell's vulture
It was hit by a plane over Ivory Coast.
Q2: Which is the heaviest living bird?
Answer: Ostrich
It can weigh over 130 kg.
Q3: Which is among the heaviest flying birds?
Answer: Kori bustard
Males can weigh about 18 kg.
Q4: Which bird is among the fastest in level flight?
Answer: Common swift
It can exceed 100 km/h.
Q5: Which wild bird is thought to be the most numerous?
Answer: Red-billed quelea
There may be over a billion.
Q6: Which bird is the most numerous of all, counting farms?
Answer: Chicken
There are tens of billions.
Q7: Which bird breed has tail feathers over 10 meters long?
Answer: Onagadori chicken
It was bred in Japan.
Q8: Which bird dives deepest?
Answer: Emperor penguin
It can dive over 500 meters.
Q9: Which bird lays the largest egg relative to body size?
Answer: Kiwi
It is about 20% of the mother's weight.
Q10: Which bird holds the record for longest nonstop flight?
Answer: Bar-tailed godwit
It flew about 13,500 km.

Bird Records Quiz – Feathered Champions

Birds hold some extraordinary records. The ostrich is the largest and heaviest living bird, the bee hummingbird the smallest and the wandering albatross has the longest wingspan.

In the air, peregrine falcons are fastest when diving, swifts are among the fastest in level flight and bar-tailed godwits fly farther without stopping than any other bird. Rüppell's vultures have been recorded higher than Mount Everest.

Some records are about numbers. The red-billed quelea may be the most numerous wild bird, while chickens outnumber all other birds combined. These feats show how birds have adapted to almost every environment on Earth.

What This Quiz Teaches

Trivia fans and students will enjoy these questions.

Which bird flies highest
Which bird is heaviest
Which bird flies farthest nonstop
Which bird is most common
Which bird dives deepest

Did You Know?

Arctic terns see two summers a year.
Swifts can stay airborne for 10 months.
The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird.
Albatrosses can live over 70 years.
Bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas.