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Student Quiz-Birds

 

1. Which bird did we see at Rose Bay?
snowy egret
 red-tailed hawk
 eared grebe
 blue jay
2. What is the scientific name of the Snowy Egret?
Saynoris Phoebe
 Egretta thula
 Ajaia ajaja
 Sterna Fuscata
3. What is the scientific name of the red-tailed hawk?
Buteo jamaicensis
 Melopsittacus undulatus
 Regulas satrapa
 Passerella iliaca
4. What is the scientific name of the Eared Grebe?
Podiceps nigricollis
 Buteo akbicautus
 Coccyzua erythopthalmus
 Pachyramphus alglaiae
5. What is the scientific name for the blue jay?
Oxyora dominica
 Pooecetes gramineus
 Catoptophorus smeipalmatus
 Cyanocitta cristata
6. Why must we learn the scientific name of different species?

Because most people on earth speak Latin.
 So that scientists who may not speak the same language can still communicate.
 The birds will answer if you cal them by their scientific name.
 Because the name we know them by is actually a fake one.

7. Who is in most competition with birds for bird seed?

lions.
 tigers.
 bears.
 squirrels.

8. Why must we not feed birds anything but birdseed?