Birds of Prey Quiz
Questions
- What is the UK's largest bird of prey?
- Which is the most common bird of prey in the UK?
- What name is given to a small falcon that hovers with beating wings, searching for prey on the ground?
- In the early 1930s, only two breeding pairs of which birds of prey were known to survive on the British Isles, both in central Wales?
- Name the most numerous owl in Britain, a woodland dweller not often seen but known for its classic "too-wit-too-woo"?
- Which fish-eating bird of prey is also called sea hawk or river hawk?
- Name the largest bird of prey in the world? It is also recognized as the largest of all birds that can fly. Note: we need a two word answer.
- Which once popular table-top game derived its name from the scientific name for the Eurasian hobby?
- Which bird with the scientific name Accipiter nisus is a small bird of prey that often hunts birds in British town and city gardens?
- Which buzzard feeds on the larvae of wasps and bees? It visits Britain from April to August.
- Rolls-Royce named its four-stroke piston aeroplane engine first run in 1933 after this small falcon called a pigeon hawk in America?
- Eagles build large nests high up in trees or on mountainsides - what is an eagle's nest called?
- Which type of eagle, the most widely distributed species of eagle, is the second largest bird of prey in the UK?
- What word starting with the letter 'r' is an alternative name for birds of prey?
Answers
- White-tailed eagle (also known as the sea eagle)
- Buzzard
- Kestrel
- Red Kites
- Tawny Owl
- Osprey
- Andean Condor
- Subbuteo
- Sparrowhawk
- Honey buzzard
- Merlin
- An eyrie
- Golden eagle
- Raptors
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