Nature Quiz - British Birds - Petrels, Shearwaters and Terns (Questions)

Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds. Shearwaters are extraordinarily long-lived. A bird breeding in Northern Ireland was ringed as an adult (at least 5 years old) in 1953. It was retrapped in 2003, at least 55 years old, the oldest known wild bird in the world. Apart from bathing, terns rarely swim, despite having webbed feet.

1.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Common Tern
[ ]	Northern Fulmar
[ ]	Great Shearwater
[ ]	Sandwich Tern

2.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Manx Shearwater
[ ]	Little Tern
[ ]	Common Tern
[ ]	Sandwich Tern

3.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Manx Shearwater
[ ]	Common Tern
[ ]	Northern Fulmar
[ ]	Leach's Storm-petrel

4.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	European Storm-petrel
[ ]	Great Shearwater
[ ]	Sandwich Tern
[ ]	Balearic Shearwater

5.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	European Storm-petrel
[ ]	Little Tern
[ ]	Balearic Shearwater
[ ]	Arctic Tern

6.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Sandwich Tern
[ ]	Balearic Shearwater
[ ]	Leach's Storm-petrel
[ ]	Little Tern

7.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Great Shearwater
[ ]	Leach's Storm-petrel
[ ]	Arctic Tern
[ ]	Sandwich Tern

8.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Arctic Tern
[ ]	Manx Shearwater
[ ]	Common Tern
[ ]	Little Tern

9.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Leach's Storm-petrel
[ ]	Northern Fulmar
[ ]	Little Tern
[ ]	Arctic Tern

10.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Great Shearwater
[ ]	European Storm-petrel
[ ]	Balearic Shearwater
[ ]	Sandwich Tern

Nature Quiz - British Birds - Petrels, Shearwaters and Terns (Answers)

1.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Common Tern
[x]	Northern Fulmar
[ ]	Great Shearwater
[ ]	Sandwich Tern

2.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Manx Shearwater
[ ]	Little Tern
[ ]	Common Tern
[x]	Sandwich Tern

3.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Manx Shearwater
[x]	Common Tern
[ ]	Northern Fulmar
[ ]	Leach's Storm-petrel

4.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	European Storm-petrel
[x]	Great Shearwater
[ ]	Sandwich Tern
[ ]	Balearic Shearwater

5.

What is the name of this bird?

[x]	European Storm-petrel
[ ]	Little Tern
[ ]	Balearic Shearwater
[ ]	Arctic Tern

6.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Sandwich Tern
[ ]	Balearic Shearwater
[x]	Leach's Storm-petrel
[ ]	Little Tern

7.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Great Shearwater
[ ]	Leach's Storm-petrel
[x]	Arctic Tern
[ ]	Sandwich Tern

8.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Arctic Tern
[x]	Manx Shearwater
[ ]	Common Tern
[ ]	Little Tern

9.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Leach's Storm-petrel
[ ]	Northern Fulmar
[x]	Little Tern
[ ]	Arctic Tern

10.

What is the name of this bird?

[ ]	Great Shearwater
[ ]	European Storm-petrel
[x]	Balearic Shearwater
[ ]	Sandwich Tern