Twenty Questions: USA Bird Quiz (1 Viewer)

[Larry Lade]

US Bird Quiz by Larry Lade

Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvifrons)
Lenght = 5 inches, Weight = 0.28 ounces
White eye-ring and wing bars. Orange-buff on underparts, gray upperparts.
Breeds in southern Arizona (apparently the only US state in which it can be found). * I found this bird in Carr Canyon, Arizona, August 8, 2006.

1. Does it perch in trees away from breeding grounds? Yes
2. Is it a passerine? Yes
3. Does it eat fish? No
4. Is it an insectivore? Yes
5. Is it a flycatcher? Yes
6. Is the flycatcher known to inhabit the eastern ranges? No
7. Does this flycatcher summer/migrate through California? No
8. Does this bird winter in Mexico? Yes
9. Is it a Greater Pewee? No
10. Does the bird breed in Arizona? Yes
11. Is it a Buff-breasted Flycatcher? Yes

* You win prairiemerlin, so you begin a new quiz!

 

[prairiemerlin]

OK, I've got one - guess away!

 

[Larry Lade]

Is it a passerine?

 

[ayasuda]

Is it a raptor.

 

[prairiemerlin]

1. Is it a passerine? No
2. Is it a raptor? No

 

[ayasuda]

Is it a waterfowl

 

[birderbf]

Is it an alcid?

 

[prairiemerlin]

3. Is it a waterfowl? No
4. Is it an alcid? No

 

[Larry Lade]

Is it in the family Laridae?

 

[prairiemerlin]

5. Is it in the family Laridae? No

 

[Larry Lade]

Is it a lone representative (in North America) of a bird family?

 

[birderbf]

Does it have lobed feet?

 

[ayasuda]

Is it a shore bird.

 

[prairiemerlin]

6. Is it a lone representative (in North America) of a bird family? No
7. Does it have lobed feet? No
8. Is it a shorebird? No

 

[birderbf]

Does it reguarly perch away from its breeding grounds?

 

[emupilot]

Is it a woodpecker?

 

[Larry Lade]

Is it a game bird?

 

[prairiemerlin]

9. Does it regularly perch away from its breeding grounds? Um, yes, I guess it does kinda "perch"
10. Is it a woodpecker? No
11. Is it a game bird? No

 

[emupilot]

Is it normally associated with aquatic habitats?

 

[prairiemerlin]

12. Is it normally associated with aquatic habitats? No