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1  H7N7 and H5N1 refer to strains of which avian disease?

2  What genus includes Pavonine, Golden-headed, Crested and Resplendent among its constituent species?

3  What has isolated one of the three remaining populations of Great Bustards in Germany from the other two?

4  In which family of birds were 3 species considered Threatened in 1996, 16 in 2000, and 19 out of 21 in 2006?

5  What mythical species was the late ex-parrot in the famous Monty Python sketch said to be?

6  Are there more Crested Ibis in China or Japan?

7  Which New World warbler, described by Alexander Wilson in 1811, made its first recorded visit to the UK at Paisley in May 1977, just a few miles from Wilson’s birthplace?

8  What is the scientific name of the Ancient Murrelet?

9  Spell Synthliboramphus.

10  What does Synthliboramphus mean?

11  What was the probable reason for the extinction of the Rimatara Lorikeet from the Cook Islands?

12  What bird ‘sings on the orchard bough/In England – now!’ in Robert Browning’s Poem Home Thoughts, from Abroad?

13  The buds of which of the following variety of pear do Bullfinches largely ignore – Comice, Conference, William?

14  Which of the following birds do not exist: Calfbirds, Cowbirds, Bullbirds and Muttonbirds?

15  For what species was a light railway constructed on the island of Torishima to carry the corpses of slaughtered birds from the breeding slopes to the beach for the feather trade in the 19th century?

16  ‘Clod birds’ was the name used for Corn Buntings by the father of which previous winner of Bird Brain of Britain, as quoted in Birds Britannica?

17  Name three of the five species on the British List named after Peter Simon Pallas.

18  With what group of birds is W. L. N. (Lance) Tickell mainly associated?

19  What was the average autumn count of migrating raptors through Vera Cruz in Mexico between 1995 and 2001, to the nearest half-million?

20  How many Zino’s Petrel chicks were known to have fledged in 2005?