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1  Name a bird named after Jean François Emmanuel Baillon.

2  What size ring would you use to ring a Blackbird?

3  How much is the annual UK subscription to Birdwatch magazine, to the nearest pound?

4  Which species, which was lost to Ireland in the 17th century, does the Irish Wildlife Trust hope to reintroduce with nestlings from Wales?

5  The chief threats, as listed in Threatened Birds of the World, are the same for 13 out of 14 of the Globally Threatened species that occur only in the Tumbesian region. What are the threats?

6  Why are some German Nightingales now breaking the law?

7  What species, previously presumed extinct, was glimpsed and heard by a group of birders on Savai’i in Samoa on 5th October 2003?

8  Who was the Assistant Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum in the early 19th century who destroyed many priceless specimens on bonfires because he deemed them ‘unwanted’ or ‘badly preserved’, but who nonetheless has a British seabird named after him?

9  Which of the following does not exist: Laughing Dove, Whistling Dove, Weeping Dove or Mourning Dove?

10  In which year was Birdwatch magazine first published?

11  What is the cloacal temperature of the little-known Hooded Gnatcatcher, as recorded in the Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 8?

12  Which muscle is the largest in a bird’s body and provides most of the force of the downstroke in flapping flight?

13  In which species of seabird was puffinosis first described?

14  What colour are Great Crested Grebe’s eggs when newly laid?

15  What bird is depicted on the 2004 South Korean postage stamp, which also depicts the Tokto Islets, which Japan claims as Japanese territory, thereby leading to political squabbling?

16  Apart from Woodpeckers, what other family has Ivory-billed, Lineated, Striped and Bar-bellied species?

17  In addition to habitat loss and degradation, what other threat is considered to be significant for the Rufous-headed Chachalaca in the Tumbesian region?

18  Which tail feathers are elongated in adult Long-tailed Skuas?

19  Which bird features on the badges of the Wiltshire Girl Guides and the Royal School of Artillery, has a pub in Lavington, Wiltshire, named after it and is being reintroduced onto Salisbury Plain?

20  By how much is the shooting season for Woodcock in Scotland longer than in England and Wales?