40 Bird Trivia Questions for Kids

1. What do fluffy down feathers help a bird keep close to its body?

2. A flying bird can spread and turn its tail to help do what?

3. Many flying birds have spaces filled with what inside some bones?

4. Where are the large muscles that power a flying bird's wingbeats?

5. What do a bird's air sacs help move through its lungs?

6. What shape is a common raven's tail in flight?

7. A short, strong, cone-shaped bird beak is especially good at opening what?

8. What do the tiny comb-like edges inside a duck's bill help it do?

9. Why does a parent bird sit on eggs during incubation?

10. What is an egg tooth used for by many hatching chicks?

11. What is one set of eggs laid by a bird called?

12. A baby songbird hatches with closed eyes and little fluff. What care does it need?

13. Why can ducklings follow a parent soon after hatching?

14. What color are the eggs of an American robin?

15. What stretchy material helps hold a ruby-throated hummingbird nest together?

16. A cactus wren often tucks its nest into which prickly plant?

17. Where do acorn woodpeckers often store acorns for later meals?

18. Yellow-bellied sapsuckers drill small wells in tree bark to reach which liquid?

19. Which half of an adult black skimmer's bill is longer?

20. What is unusual about an American coot's toes?

21. What color are an adult snowy egret's feet, below its mostly black legs?

22. How does a great blue heron usually hold its neck during steady flight?

23. Where are a kiwi's nostrils located on its long bill?

24. What does a male magnificent frigatebird inflate into a bright red display?

25. A woodpecker makes a quick burst of loud taps on a tree. What can this drumming do?

26. Which sound helped give the black-capped chickadee its name?

27. Why might a songbird sing repeatedly from one area?

28. At what time of day does the dawn chorus happen?

29. Many birds eat extra food before migration to build up which flight fuel?

30. Why are stopover places useful to birds on long migrations?

31. What does a numbered band on a wild bird's leg help researchers do?

32. A soaring eagle circles upward without flapping much. What may be lifting it?

33. What color are freshly laid emu eggs?

34. Which continent is the emu native to?

35. Red-breasted nuthatches smear what sticky material around their nest entrance?

36. What does a ruddy turnstone do to find food hidden under small stones?

37. Where can a small common loon chick take a ride while its parent swims?

38. An anhinga often swims with most of its body hidden and which parts above water?

39. What natural glue does a chimney swift use to fasten its twig nest to a wall?

40. American goldfinches often begin nesting in which season, later than many songbirds?