This triva test is for the birds...

1. Approximately how many different species of bird are there in the world?

2. What does RSPB stand for?

3. What portion of the total bird population is found in the rainforest?

4. Bird shells mainly consist of which material?

5. True or false - birds have teeth?

6. Birds used to have forelimbs - what did they end up evolving into?

7. Other than wings, what other parts of the bird have evolved for flight?

8. In ancient times, what did birds and images of birds represent?

9. What is the word for the study of birds?

10. Scientific and Popular, describe the two types of which study?

11. On average, how many birds are killed by cats every year in the US?

12. What is the average size range for a bird?

13. Birds are descended from a different species. Which species?

14. What would you study if you studied oology?

15. What part of a bird takes up 1/5 of its body?

16. Why do birds sit on their eggs?

17. What is the average heartbeat per minute of a bird in flight?

18. Which species of bird lays blue eggs?

19. How many eggs does an ostrich lay every year on average?

20. Which species of bird can fly backward?

21. Which species of bird can only eat when its head is upside down?

22. Which species of bird is commonly seen as the symbol of happiness?

Answers:

1. 10,000

2. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

3. Around two thirds

4. Calcium

5. False

6. Wings

7. Their digestive and respiratory systems

8. Power

9. Ornithology

10. Ornithology

11. Between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion

12. It can be anywhere between 5cm and 2.75m

13. Birds are in fact, descended from reptiles

14. Oology is the study of birds’ eggs

15. Its lungs

16. To keep them warm

17. 1000 beats per minute

18. The American Robin

19. Around 70

20. The hummingbird

21. The flamingo

22. The bluebird