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1  What is the principal diet of the Snail Kite?

2  What is the principal diet of the Morepork?

3  Who, born 200 years ago on 12th February, has a tinamou, a rhea and some finches named after him?

4  By what ornithological name was the French singer Edith Piaf known?

5  How does the Hoatzin differ from other vegetarian birds in the way it breaks up the tough leaves that comprise its diet?

6  Which species bred for the first time in Britain in Somerset in 2008?

7  How many pairs nested?

8  For what group of birds are tori lines used as a conservation measure?

9  Which of the following birds does not exist: Scimitarbill, Spearbill, Shoebill, Sheathbill?

10  In 2008 an electronic tag from a Steelhead Salmon, marked at the Columbia River hatchery in Oregon in 2006, was found by the nest of which species of bird on Mokonui Island in New Zealand, 10,000 kms from Oregon?

11  Which has the longer leg (tarsus) – Black-winged Stilt or Mute Swan?

12  After 1993 what led to the marked increase in the capture of Endangered Javan Hawk Eagles as status symbols?

13  How many species of finch are included in the Farmland Bird Index?

14  For a bonus, name two of the three.

15  The specific name of the Critically Endangered Alagoas Antwren is named after which eminent ornithologist who died on 4th February 2009?

16  What birds may be Sharp-tailed, White-rumped, Buff-breasted and Spoon-billed?

17  Who is the President of the British Ornithologists’ Union?

18  When was the African Bird Club founded?

19  What now Critically Endangered species received protection as early as 1504 from the Archbishop of Salzburg?

20  Which Critically Endangered passerine is confined to a 7 sq km island in the Atlantic?