Don't get in a flap: test your knowledge of urban birds – quiz

Black swans in Perth, Australia. Photograph: Alamy

1. Which bird – the fastest living creature in the whole world – has found a home in city centres across Britain, Europe and North America?

   1. Hobby

   2. Peregrine

   3. Swift

2. Which tropical-looking bird, weighing just 4.5g is now overwintering in Vancouver, Canada, where winter temperatures can fall well below zero?

   1. Anna's hummingbird

   2. Tropical kingbird

   3. Worm-eating warbler

3. Which exotic pink waterbird gathers in large flocks in the lagoon in the centre of Montpellier on the French Riviera?

   1. Roseate spoonbill

   2. Scarlet ibis

   3. Greater flamingo

4. Which bird of prey is a common sight as it gathers in huge flocks over cities such as New Delhi, India?

   1. Himalayan vulture

   2. Black kite

   3. Indian spotted eagle

5. Which globally endangered species of wading bird, of which there are fewer than 500 left alive, stops off in Hong Kong each spring and autumn on its migratory journeys?

   1. Long-billed curlew

   2. Bar-tailed godwit

   3. Spoon-billed sandpiper

6. Which black-and-white waterbird – known as the "bin chicken", "dump chook" and "refuse raptor" – regularly raids rubbish bins in Melbourne, Australia?

   1. Australian white pelican

   2. Australian white ibis

   3. Black-necked stork

7. America’s national bird, which species of raptor regularly nests in Denver city centre?

   1. American kestrel

   2. Bald eagle

   3. Golden eagle

8. Which epic global traveller flies all the way from the Antarctic Ocean, to breed in the centre of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik?

   1. Bar-headed goose

   2. Arctic tern

   3. Wilson's storm-petrel

9. Which graceful creature, Europe’s largest wildfowl, is also Denmark’s national bird, thanks to a story from Hans Christian Andersen?

   1. Mute swan

   2. Whooper swan

   3. Bewick's swan

10. Which pinkish-brown garden bird is known as the "television dove" in Germany, because of its habit of perching on rooftop aerials?

    1. Turtle dove

    2. Laughing dove

    3. Collared dove

Solutions

1:B, 2:A, 3:C, 4:B, 5:C, 6:B, 7:B, 8:B, 9:A, 10:C

Scores

1. 4 and above.

   Pretty good: your bird knowledge is clearly a feather in your cap

2. 7 and above.

   Great bird knowledge: you're in the top flight!

3. 0 and above.

   Oh dear: bird-wise you're getting by on a wing and a prayer ...

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