Birds general knowledge quiz

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Hint	Answer
small, North American passerine	black-capped chickadee
largest bird (by wingspan) that ever lived	pelagornis
largest bird (by height) that ever lived	giant moa, or dinornis
the bone that allows most birds to fly is called the	breastbone
grouping that birds belong in	dinosauria/reptilia
an ostrich has ___ toes	two
sharp, razor-like extensions found on the legs of many galliformes	spurs
heaviest bird in North America, often eaten during holidays	turkey
hard structure found on the mouths of all birds, sometimes tipped with a hook	beak
widely considered "the first bird''	archaeopteryx
plumed structures that most birds use for flight, and that other use for display	feathers
red, fluffy passerine with a distinctive tuft of feathers on its head	northern cardinal
a red, crowing groundfowl native to jungle environments	red junglefowl
the domestic variant of the above; highly prized for display, eggs, and meat	domestic chicken
a common pet bird; small but intelligent, and a member of the parakeet family	budgerigar, or budgie
a flightless bird found in Australia who defeated the army in the 1930s	emu
the only amphibious flightless bird; found in cold climates	penguin
an extinct bird, once thought to be utterly moronic but was actually very smart	dodo

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the cassowary, a ratite native to New Guinea and Australia, has two elongated claws on its feet which measure up to _____ inches long	five
a large, colorful bird with a strongly-hooked beak	macaw
skin integument found on most birds' feet	scales
birds swallow __________ in order to grind up their food	gastroliths
the above is stored in the ________	gizzard
a tiny bird that beats its wings at roughly 70 times per second	hummingbird
birds build these to raise their eggs	nest
in order to snap up larger fish, pelicans use their _______ _______	gular pouch
a wading bird with a spear-like bill which it uses for impaling fish, frogs and other aquatic animals	heron
"nevermore''	raven
fish-eating bird of prey with fishhook-like talons	osprey
"early bird gets the _____''	worm
the birds' closest living relatives are	crocodilians
birds have _______ bones	hollow
african stork that eats almost anything	marabou stork
there are about _______ different species of birds	10,000
large, goose-like bird native to northern climates, widely used for ornamental purposes	swan