Birds are gorgeous, elegant creatures. Some birds are rare, while others are more common. This quiz will explain the Hawk Conservancy Trust: Birds of Prey. You will be asked which bird of prey you can see in the wild in Britain, what kind of falcon flies the fastest, and which bird of prey does the United States uses as its See moreemblem. Your score on this quiz will indeed fly high.
In a wood
Alongside a road
In an open field
In a public place
Over a river
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American Kestrel
Barn Owl
Andean Condor
Bald Eagle
Eagle Owl
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The male is bigger
The female is darker
The male has a grey head and tail
They have different coloured eyes
There is no way to tell
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8 feet (2.4 metres)
10 feet (3 metres)
12 feet (3.6 metres)
14 feet (4.2 metres)
16 feet (4.8 metres)
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Peregrine falcon
Lugger falcon
Lanner falcon
New Zealand Falcon
Eleanora's Falcon
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American Kestrel
California Condor
Great Horned Owl
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
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A net
Their beaks
Their talons
A trap
Their wings
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Kestrel
Owl
Vulture
Eagle
Harrier
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90 degrees (quarter turn)
180 degrees (half turn)
270 degrees (three-quarters turn)
360 degrees (all the way round)
It can just keep turning
South America
Asia
Australia
Africa
Europe
None
One
Two
Three
Four
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Lappet-faced Vulture
California Condor
Andean Condor
Himalayan Griffon Vulture
Great Grey Owl
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Buzzard
Kestrel
Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
Hen Harrier
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Sight
Smell
Touch
Taste
Hearing
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Buzzard
Marsh Harrier
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Long-eared Owl
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They only eat birds
They can see in total darkness
They have very good hearing
They mainly come out at night
They nest in hollow trees
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Germany
Brazil
Russia
USA
UAE
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Tawny Owl
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
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Owls
Kites
Falcons
Vultures
Eagles
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Males are uniformly white
Males have much darker eyes
Males have bigger heads
Males are lazy
There is no visible difference
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Barn Owl
Buzzard
Tawny Owl
Black Kite
Red Kite
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Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
Buzzard
Little Owl
None of them
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Tawny Owl
Ural Owl
European Eagle Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Grey Owl
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To make loud calls
To reach inside carcasses
So they can see over trees
For necking with other vultures
It serves no purpose
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One
Two
Three
Four
Five
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Fish
Rats
Other Birds
Small Mammals
Carrion
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Little Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
White-faced Scops Owl
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By canting or banking like an aeroplane
By using its tail
By turning its head
By using only one wing
By lowering one foot
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Lizards
Snakes
Iguanas
Tortoises
Komodo Dragon
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Black Kites
Tawny Owls
Black Vultures
Eagles
Egyptian Vultures
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Fly low to the ground
Hover
Fly silently
Stoop
Digest small bones
A live animal
A small creature
Something already dead
Insects
Something carried in from somewhere
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They hover like a kestrel
They sit in a tree and wait until they see a rabbit
They climb up and down trees looking for bugs
They wait for something to go by
They soar on thermals and stoop on their prey
It has finger-like ends to its wings
It flies in the same style as a kestrel
It hovers
It stays close to the ground
You can't identify a buzzard
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Because it runs around a lot
Because it can type and has a good telephone manner
Because secretaries used to carry quilled pens behind their ears
Because they have long legs and eyelashes to die for
Because of its call
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Caracara
Vulture
Burrowing Owl
Eagle
No other bird of prey
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A good harvest
A plant
Where the food is held before it enters the bird's stomach
A bird of prey
Regurgitated indigestible food
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Because they will get too hot
So they can keep clean whilst eating
It helps them to see where they are going
Because they find it difficult to clean their heads
To attract a mate
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Red
Yellow
Orange
Green
It changes colour
To keep their eyes free from dirt
To keep their heads warm
To keep them calm
To protect them from the rain
For decoration
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Fish
Carrion
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
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Hacking off
Sending back
Hacking back
Backing off
Sending off
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Little Owl
Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
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Lappet-faced Vulture
Cinereous Vulture
African White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
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None
One
Two
Three
Four
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A type of crow
Dead meat
Kinds of birds that carry their food
A group of vultures
A small aquatic mammal
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Africa
America
Asia
Europe
All of these
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It flies very high
It has a very short tail
It has very good eyesight
It has a good sense of smell
It lives in burrows
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