1	DVOC BIRDERS’ QUIZ There are 16 questions. Keep track of your score! Colin Campbell 6 October 2005
2	Question 1 What species of bird is the emblem / logo of the DVOC?
3	Answer 1 - Bonaparte’s Gull
4	Question 2 Why is this bird the emblem of the DVOC?
5	Answer 2 The scientific name is: Larus philadelphia
6	Question 3 Who was Bonaparte’s Gull named after? No points for just saying “Bonaparte”!
7	Answer 3 Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (1803 – 1857) Nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte First ornithological paper: “An Account of Four Species of Stormy Petrels”, published by the ‘Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia’, 1824.
8	Question 4 What species of bird is the emblem / logo of the ABA (American Birding Association)?
9	Answer 4 - White-tailed Tropicbird
10	Question 5 What species of bird is the emblem / logo of the AOU (American Ornithologists’ Union)?
11	Answer 5 - Great Auk
12	Question 6 What species of bird is on the front cover of: The Sibley Guide to Birds (2000)?
13	Answer 6 - Red-tailed Hawk
14	Question 7 What species of bird is on the front cover of: The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America (2003)?
15	Answer 7 - American Goldfinch
16	Question 8 What species of bird is on the front cover of: The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America (2003)?
17	Answer 8 - Varied Thrush
18	Question 9 All 50 US states have a state bird. Three states have state birds not on the ABA Checklist. Which states are these? What are their state birds?
19	Answer 9 Delaware – Blue Hen Rhode Island – Rhode Island Red Hawaii – Nene (Hawaiian Goose)
20	Question 10 And talking of state birds, which three species of bird figure most frequently as state birds?
21	Answer 10 First is the Northern Cardinal with 7 states: IL, IN, KY, NC, OH, VA, WV Second is the Western Meadowlark with 6 states: KS, MT, ND, NE, OR, WY Third is the Northern Mockingbird with 5 states: AR, FL, MS, TN, TX
22	Question 11 Most states have a bird record committee. Most states have a number of bird species authenticated by these committees. What is this number currently for : (a) PA (b) NJ (c) DE?
23	Answer 11 PA: 384 (Class 1) + 7 provisional + 2 extinct + 4 extirpated (02/05) NJ: 454 + 4 extinct + 2 origin uncertain (04/05) DE: 394 (09/04)
24	Question 12 Since the last ABA Checklist (6^th Ed), published in 2002, there have been 4 splits in which both species are found within the ABA area. What are the names of both species in each case?
25	Answer 12 Canada Goose, Cackling Goose Wilson’s Snipe, Common Snipe Tufted Titmouse, Black-crested Titmouse White-winged Parakeet, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
26	Question 13 What species of bird is depicted on the book cover of : Birds of Delaware (2000)?
27	Answer 13 - Black-necked Stilt
28	Question 14 What species of bird is depicted on the book cover of : The Birds of Pennsylvania (2000)?
29	Answer 14-Golden-winged Warbler
30	Question 15 What species of bird is depicted on the book cover of : A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey (revised 2002)?
31	Answer 15 - Hooded Warbler
32	Question 16 Verbs used to describe bird song include: Singing, whistling, chattering, trilling, bubbling, rattling, wailing, churring, chirping, tinkling, croaking and piping. What family of birds includes ALL these – and more - as English bird names?
33	Answer 16 Cisticolas Family: Cisticolidae (Source: Clements 2000)
34	DVOC QUIZ – the end How did you score?