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1  At least 1,500 individuals of which species were recently observed in Syria, although the estimated world population was previously thought to be only about 400?

2  What is the function of the nasal gland, present in all birds but enlarged in most seabirds?

3  Name one of the flagship species for this year’s (2007) Birdfair.

4  When did the second pair of Choughs start breeding in Cornwall following their recolonisation of that county?

5  Which European country has the largest breeding population of Mute Swans?

6  What did French missionaries in Guadeloupe call the fat chicks of Black-capped Petrel, so that they could eat them during Lent with a clear conscience?

7  Which of the following diseases affect birds – psittacosis, puffinosis, wry neck and Parrot’s disease?

8  What species of hummingbird regularly breeds in Alaska?

9  Which of the following birds does not exist – Baza, Bozo, Besra, Brolga?

10  Which of the following is the most important threat to the Puerto Rican Nightjar – hotel development, wind farms or the cage bird trade?

11  What was the ornithological name of Sir Francis Drake’s ship when he set off to circumnavigate the world in 1577, although it was later changed to The Golden Hind?

12  What was the Birdfair project in 2003?

13  Which of the following species have bred in the wild in the British Isles this century: Rosy-faced Lovebird, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Blue-crowned Parakeet and Monk Parakeet?

14  The oldest known Whimbrel was found injured, bitten by a Cape Fur-seal on Bird Island, Algoa Bay, in South Africa in 2005. How old was it?

15  A chick of which species hatched on 1st January 2007 in a captive breeding programme in Haryana in India at least one year before its parents were expected to breed?

16  What Critically Endangered petrel, unrecorded with certainty since 1929, was photographed in the Coral Sea off Australia in 2006?

17  Which 7th-century hermit has been described as Britain’s first bird conservationist?

18  When do the Pheasant and Partridge shooting seasons end?

19  What sort of bird is a Huet-huet?

20  To what kind of morbidly obese bird was Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School likened?