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2006 A
Adrian Thomas – WildSounds
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1 What surprising mammalian threat are Tristan Albatross chicks facing on Gough Island?
2 By what name was Cecropis daurica previously known?
3 What is the only bird to be included in the witches’ broth in Shakespeare’s Macbeth?
4 Which European country has the largest breeding population of Rock Pipits?
5 Daisy, who died on 30th October 2002, reared 24 ducklings in 12 years in her capacity as the sole breeding female of wild origin of which species?
6 Are there more species of Charadrius, Calidris or Tringa on the British List?
7 Since 2000 what has threatened the Fatuhiva Monarch?
8 What fate befell a House Sparrow that knocked over 23,000 dominoes at a Dutch televised World record domino stacking event in Leeuwarden (4 million dominoes being the target)?
9 With what bird is Saint Dominic usually associated?
10 Sergei Buturlin was the first ornithologist to discover the nest of which species at its main breeding grounds near the Kolyma River in Russia in 1905 (although a nest had been found in Greenland in 1885)?
11 Which of the following birds do not exist: Tinkerbirds, Tailorbirds, Soldierbirds and Pilotbirds?
12 What does ‘squacco’ mean?
13 Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwing/Plover chicks are being predated by which species which has spread due to the planting of shelter belts in Kazakhstan?
14 After what are Magenta Petrel and Herald Petrel named?
15 The Sulphur-breasted Parakeet Aratinga pintoi has only recently been described as a separate species because it was previously thought to be the immature of which species?
16 How many of the following have had wild populations of fewer than ten individuals: Californian Condor, Mauritius Kestrel, Whooping Crane and Chatham Island Black Robin?
17 The Quarrion or Weero is a common Australian bird. By what name is it more usually known?
18 What kind of farming slaughtered 70 Red Kites, 6 Black Kites, 45 Common Buzzards, 15 White-tailed Eagles and 376 bats among other luckless flying creatures in Brandenburg State in Germany up until August 2005?
19 How many of the 572 birds on the British List are described by eponyms (named after people)?
20 Which of the following gulls’ plumage is frequently suffused with pink: Slender-billed, Brown-hooded, Andean and Ross’s Gull?
2006 B
Colin Bradshaw – Carl Zeiss
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1 Who wrote Swifts in a Tower?
2 What raptor, not known for nesting in trees in Britain, successfully raised a brood of three in a wire hanging-basket in a tree in Shropshire in 2005?
3 Amorous behaviour with what species led observers to believe that the Black-winged Stilt, that stayed at Titchwell for 11 years was a male (Sammy)?
4 The eggs of which species were collected at Cape Crozier in the Antarctic in 1911 by Dr Edward Wilson, Apsley Cherry-Garrard and Birdie Bowers?
5 Who has a gull and a tern named after him?
6 Are there more species of Anser, Anas or Aythya on the British List?
7 What is a cricket-teal in East Anglia?
8 Who wrote: ‘The Dodo used to walk around, And take the sun and air. The sun yet warms his native ground – The Dodo is not there.’
9 In which Red List category is the Ultramarine Lorikeet of French Polynesia?
10 How have German ornithologists been using the bug Dipetalogaster maximus for ornithological research?
11 Which of the following birds do not exist: Red Bishop, Pope’s Lovebird, Abbott’s Booby, Chaplin’s Barbet?
12 What is a popinjay?
13 The Imperial Pheasant is now known to be a hybrid of which two species?
14 How many pairs of Bald Ibises were found to be breeding in Syria in 2003?
15 What is the chief threat to the Amani Nature Reserve in Tanzania, after which the Amani Sunbird is named?
16 What was the name of the extinct large flightless pigeon that lived on Rodriguez Island in the Mascerenes until the 18th century?
17 How many of the 572 birds on the British List are identified by a single noun without any descriptive adjective (10% either way)?
18 In 2002 the total of occupied Peregrine territories in the UK was 1,092, 1,292 or 1,492?
19 The 31p 1998 commemorative British stamp, featuring Endangered British species, depicted which bird?
20 Which volume number is the 2004 British Birds?
2006 C
Chris Galvin – Swarovski
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1 H7N7 and H5N1 refer to strains of which avian disease?
2 What genus includes Pavonine, Golden-headed, Crested and Resplendent among its constituent species?
3 What has isolated one of the three remaining populations of Great Bustards in Germany from the other two?
4 In which family of birds were 3 species considered Threatened in 1996, 16 in 2000, and 19 out of 21 in 2006?
5 What mythical species was the late ex-parrot in the famous Monty Python sketch said to be?
6 Are there more Crested Ibis in China or Japan?
7 Which New World warbler, described by Alexander Wilson in 1811, made its first recorded visit to the UK at Paisley in May 1977, just a few miles from Wilson’s birthplace?
8 What is the scientific name of the Ancient Murrelet?
9 Spell Synthliboramphus.
10 What does Synthliboramphus mean?
11 What was the probable reason for the extinction of the Rimatara Lorikeet from the Cook Islands?
12 What bird ‘sings on the orchard bough/In England – now!’ in Robert Browning’s Poem Home Thoughts, from Abroad?
13 The buds of which of the following variety of pear do Bullfinches largely ignore – Comice, Conference, William?
14 Which of the following birds do not exist: Calfbirds, Cowbirds, Bullbirds and Muttonbirds?
15 For what species was a light railway constructed on the island of Torishima to carry the corpses of slaughtered birds from the breeding slopes to the beach for the feather trade in the 19th century?
16 ‘Clod birds’ was the name used for Corn Buntings by the father of which previous winner of Bird Brain of Britain, as quoted in Birds Britannica?
17 Name three of the five species on the British List named after Peter Simon Pallas.
18 With what group of birds is W. L. N. (Lance) Tickell mainly associated?
19 What was the average autumn count of migrating raptors through Vera Cruz in Mexico between 1995 and 2001, to the nearest half-million?
20 How many Zino’s Petrel chicks were known to have fledged in 2005?
2006 D
Stephen Moss – Leica
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1 The Cuckoo, The Kingfisher, The Finch’s Arms and The Old Pheasant are or were all pubs in Rutland. Which one is nearest to the Birdfair?
2 On which English island has the eradication of Black and Brown Rats allowed Puffins to nest successfully in 2005 for the first time for 30 years?
3 Which bird organization publishes The Auk?
4 How long after the first Taiga Flycatcher was found at Flamborough Head on 26th April 2003 was the second British record found?
5 Why was the apostrophe in Verreauxs’ Eagle recently shifted from before the ‘s’ to after it?
6 By what name was Lophophanes cristatus more familiarly known?
7 What insect has become a threat to the Uvea Parakeet (since 1996)?
8 Which species nested successfully in Wales for the first time in recorded history in 2004?
9 And from where did the male originate?
10 What do the ‘O’u, Nukupu’u, Maui Alauahio, O’ahu ‘Alauahio and ‘Akohekohe all have in common with regard to their IUCN Red List categorization in 2000 and 2006?
11 Which of the following birds do not exist: Monkbirds, Nunbirds, Friarbirds and Apostlebirds?
12 Chateau Robin and Chateau Guillemot are wines from which famous Bordeaux area?
13 Why were 60% of the trees in a Vulnerable Superb Parrot colony in Victoria, Australia, felled?
14 In New Zealand the North Island Saddleback, Little Spotted Kiwi, Chatham Island Robin and Chatham Petrel were all confined to single small islands in the last few decades. How many still are?
15 Why is the Bananal Antbird so called?
16 Which country or state’s inhabitants are nicknamed ‘Crow-eaters’?
17 What is the alternative English name for Gurney’s Pitta?
18 Name one group of birds that have large olfactory bulbs in their bird-brains?
19 Which is the largest bird named after Charles Darwin?
20 In what way do the two morphs of Snow Petrel differ?
2007 A
Carl Downing – NBC
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1 How many Critically Endangered species are there?
2 Which species was recorded from the most 10 km squares in the original 1968–72 Atlas survey?
3 What measurement of Peregrine eggs established incontrovertibly the association between organochlorine pesticides and their population crash in the late 1950s and early 1960s?
4 What was the Birdfair project in 2005?
5 What was the name of the Puddle-duck in Beatrix Potter’s famous children’s book?
6 How many White-tailed Eagle chicks have successfully fledged in Scotland since their reintroduction to Rum in 1975? Is it 50, 100 or 200?
7 What was the subtitle of the magazine British Birds for the first 40 years of its existence?
8 Which of the following birds does not exist – Ursula’s Sunbird, Johanna’s Sunbird, Mrs Moreau’s Sunbird, Mrs Gould’s Sunbird?
9 Which of the following is the most important threat to the Bali Starling – hotel development, wind farms or the cage bird trade?
10 What sort of bird is a Bokikokiko?
11 Who was the President of the RSPB from 1985 to 1990 who died in January 2007, and was also a TV quizmaster of a quiz of which Bird Brain of Britain is a straight crib, if less well organized?
12 What bird is known as ‘brain-fever bird’.
13 What is a bergander (or bargander)?
14 In which country is the world’s largest harrier roost?
15 From which of the following diseases have birds been known to suffer – gout, malaria, tuberculosis and influenza?
16 Which of the following are the subjects of reintroduction schemes in the British Isles: White-tailed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Red Kite, Great Auk and Corncrake?
17 What links 1) nesting Great-winged Petrels and Flesh-footed Shearwaters in Western Australia and 2) nesting Grey Petrels and White-chinned Petrels on Antipodes Island?
18 What is the main cause of death among Blue Cranes in South Africa?
19 The future of which European species is threatened by hybridisation with its non-migratory Japanese cousin?
20 What is the greatest known age attained by a Starling from BTO ringing results?
2007 B
Chris Harbard – OSME
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1 What bird was responsible for the loss of Eric Hosking’s left eye?
2 Which bird, last seen on Lake Alaotra in Madagascar in 1991, was rediscovered in northern Madagascar in 2006?
3 Apart from Malta, of course, which other EU country permits the spring shooting of Turtle Doves?
4 What is the greatest known age attained by a Tufted Duck from BTO ringing results?
5 What is the main ingredient of ambelopoulia in Cyprus?
6 Into which English county are Cirl Buntings being reintroduced from Devon?
7 Aquatic Warblers are now known to winter in Senegal. What guided researchers to look for them in Senegal?
8 What sort of bird is a Balicassiao?
9 In which European country do the majority of Eleanora’s Falcons breed?
10 Which of the following birds does not exist – Sapphire Quail Dove, Ruby Quail Dove, Emerald Dove, Diamond Dove?
11 How much did the magazine British Birds cost per month in 1907 when it was first published?
12 What was the Birdfair project in 2004?
13 Why is the Providence Petrel so called?
14 Which of the following diseases affects birds – Gull’s Disease, Swift-Feer Disease, Thrush, Diver’s Paralysis?
15 Which of the following is the most important threat to the Grenada Dove – hotel development, wind farms or the cage bird trade?
16 Name one site where Manx Shearwaters nest in England?
17 Macgregor’s Bird of Paradise Macgregoria pulchra is not a Bird of Paradise (Paradisaeidae) on DNA analysis. What is it?
18 What pigment is responsible for the pink in a flamingo’s plumage?
19 Where would you find a Priolo?
20 Name one of the two counties which which have contained the largest English rookeries during the last 30 years.
2007 C
Paul French – OBC
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1 At least 1,500 individuals of which species were recently observed in Syria, although the estimated world population was previously thought to be only about 400?
2 What is the function of the nasal gland, present in all birds but enlarged in most seabirds?
3 Name one of the flagship species for this year’s (2007) Birdfair.
4 When did the second pair of Choughs start breeding in Cornwall following their recolonisation of that county?
5 Which European country has the largest breeding population of Mute Swans?
6 What did French missionaries in Guadeloupe call the fat chicks of Black-capped Petrel, so that they could eat them during Lent with a clear conscience?
7 Which of the following diseases affect birds – psittacosis, puffinosis, wry neck and Parrot’s disease?
8 What species of hummingbird regularly breeds in Alaska?
9 Which of the following birds does not exist – Baza, Bozo, Besra, Brolga?
10 Which of the following is the most important threat to the Puerto Rican Nightjar – hotel development, wind farms or the cage bird trade?
11 What was the ornithological name of Sir Francis Drake’s ship when he set off to circumnavigate the world in 1577, although it was later changed to The Golden Hind?
12 What was the Birdfair project in 2003?
13 Which of the following species have bred in the wild in the British Isles this century: Rosy-faced Lovebird, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Blue-crowned Parakeet and Monk Parakeet?
14 The oldest known Whimbrel was found injured, bitten by a Cape Fur-seal on Bird Island, Algoa Bay, in South Africa in 2005. How old was it?
15 A chick of which species hatched on 1st January 2007 in a captive breeding programme in Haryana in India at least one year before its parents were expected to breed?
16 What Critically Endangered petrel, unrecorded with certainty since 1929, was photographed in the Coral Sea off Australia in 2006?
17 Which 7th-century hermit has been described as Britain’s first bird conservationist?
18 When do the Pheasant and Partridge shooting seasons end?
19 What sort of bird is a Huet-huet?
20 To what kind of morbidly obese bird was Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School likened?
2007 D
Mark Andrews – ABC
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1 What is a Sprosser?
2 Which species bred in London for the first time in 1926 on the derelict site of the Wembley Exhibition?
3 Which book won the BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year 2006 award?
4 In which country does the adult Syrian population of Bald Ibises winter (as was recently discovered by satellite tracking)?
5 The average male of which rare British breeding bird can mimic at least 76 other bird species – half of them African?
6 What was the Birdfair project in 2002?
7 Where would you hope to find the Obscure Berrypicker?
8 What disease resulted in a permanent ban on the import of wild birds into the EU in January 2007?
9 What Critically Endangered species was rediscovered after 100 years by a shepherd looking for a lost goat in Peru in 1977?
10 Which of the following birds does not exist – Boubou, Brubru, Bobo, Boobook?
11 Which of the following is the most important threat to the Lear’s Macaw – hotel development, wind farms or the cage bird trade?
12 Which European warbler spends 23.7 minutes per copulation on average?
13 How old was a Lesser Flamingo found dead at Lake Bogoria in Kenya in July 2003 that had been ringed by Leslie Brown and Alan Root as a chick?
14 Roughly how many eggs, to the nearest 5,000, of the Horseshoe Crab does a Knot require per day to sustain it at its fuelling stop in Delaware Bay on its spring migration?
15 A group of Belgians is campaigning to allow the trapping of which songbird because wild birds sing better in cages than captive-bred birds?
16 In 2004, what species of raptor electrocuted itself on power lines at Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, and fell burning to the ground, starting a fire which burnt 2,300 ha, necessitating the evacuation of 1,600 homes?
17 By what name was Poecile palustris formerly known?
18 What is closest relative to the Kagu of New Caledonia on both DNA and morphological evidence?
19 Of Hawaii’s 34 species of Honeycreeper, are 3, 13 or 23 now extinct?
20 The WWF (World Wildlife Fund/Worldwide Fund for Nature) was founded in 1961 by Julian Huxley, Max Nicholson and two other ornithologists. Name one.
