85 Migratory Birds Trivia Questions with Answers

85 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which migratory bird travels between Australia and Southeast Asia and is the world's largest tern?

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Caspian tern

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which migratory bird crosses the Sahara and is known for its orange breast, blue back, and white forehead?

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Common redstart

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which migratory bird breeds in North America and winters in South America, where it is called a winter visitor to the pampas?

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Upland sandpiper

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which bird migrates from Europe to Africa and is famous for its long, pointed wings and forked tail?

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Common swift

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which eagle migrates from Europe to Africa and is especially associated with the Bosphorus migration route?

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Lesser spotted eagle

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which large white bird migrates between Europe and Africa and often uses the Strait of Gibraltar to avoid crossing the Mediterranean?

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White stork

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which European songbird crosses the Sahara and winters in Africa after breeding in open woodland and gardens?

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Common redstart

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which shrike breeds in Europe and Asia before migrating to eastern and southern Africa?

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Red-backed shrike

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which swallow migrates between Europe and southern Africa and is recognized by its deeply forked tail?

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Barn swallow

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which fish-eating bird migrates between northern Europe and Africa and often returns to the same nest?

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Osprey

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which shorebird makes an annual migration between Arctic breeding grounds and southern Africa, often stopping at the Wadden Sea?

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Ruff

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which bird gathers in huge flocks at Israel’s Eilat stopover during migration between Europe and Africa?

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Honey buzzard

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which small songbird migrates between Europe and Africa and is famous for singing at night?

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European nightingale

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which bird is known for migrating from Europe and Asia to Africa while being raised by host birds?

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Common cuckoo

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which hawk migrates from North America to the grasslands of South America each year?

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Swainson’s hawk

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which falcon migrates from northeastern Asia to southern Africa, covering about 22,000 km each year?

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Amur falcon

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which plover migrates from Alaska and Siberia to wintering grounds in Hawaii and the Pacific?

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Pacific golden plover

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which colorful European bird migrates to Africa and nests in tunnels in sandy banks?

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European bee-eater

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which crane gathers by Nebraska’s Platte River during its spring migration?

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Sandhill crane

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which bird has been recorded flying at about 97 km/h during migration?

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Great snipe

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which seabird migrates annually between New Zealand and the North Pacific Ocean?

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Sooty shearwater

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which bird spends much of the year airborne while migrating between Europe and southern Africa?

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Common swift

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which migratory bird breeds in the Arctic and is the only bird known to fly over both geographic poles?

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Arctic tern

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which bird migrates through the Panama Canal region and is one of the most abundant raptors in the world?

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Turkey vulture

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which songbird makes a nonstop autumn flight across the Atlantic from eastern Canada to South America?

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Blackpoll warbler

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which shorebird is known for the fastest recorded long-distance migration, flying from Sweden to sub-Saharan Africa?

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Great snipe

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which small raptor migrates from Europe to southern Africa and is famous for gathering in huge flocks in India?

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Amur falcon

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which goose is famous for migrating over the Himalayas, sometimes flying above 7,000 metres?

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Bar-headed goose

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which small songbird migrates from Alaska to sub-Saharan Africa, making one of the longest journeys relative to body size?

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Northern wheatear

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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At which bay do migrating red knots gather to feed on horseshoe crab eggs?

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Delaware Bay

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which North American crane migrates between Canada’s Wood Buffalo National Park and Texas’s Aransas National Wildlife Refuge?

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Whooping crane

Hard Hard difficulty.
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What German term describes the restless nighttime activity that often appears in migratory birds before departure?

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Zugunruhe

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which hummingbird can cross the Gulf of Mexico nonstop during its autumn migration?

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Ruby-throated hummingbird

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which bird holds the record for the longest nonstop flight, flying from Alaska to Tasmania?

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Bar-tailed godwit

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which bird makes the longest annual migration, traveling between Arctic breeding grounds and Antarctic waters?

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Arctic tern