GENERAL KNOWLEDGE : AVIAN KNOWLEDGE

 

AVIAN KNOWLEDGE : GK

 

Birds are such a common sight that one often overlooks their amazing characteristics. Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates belonging to the class Aves. Let us find out how much we know about birds. Provide an appropriate word for the following:

 

1. The shedding of feathers of a bird___________

 

2. Study of eggs____________.

 

3. A pecuilar behaviour of the birds when one species lays its eggs in the nest of another_________________.

 

4. An ancient practice of training birds of prey to kill for man_________________.

 

5. Birds which use their sharp bills for weaving nests______________.

 

6. A migratory bird which flies from arctic to antarctic and returns every year____________.

 

7. A tall flightless australian bird which is often compared to an ostrich_____________.

 

8. A sea bird which uses its colourful beak to catch and hold many small fish and is found in the atlantic ocean_______________.

 

9. A bird which makes nest in tree hole, lays eggs and then seals off the opening till the chicks hatch_______________.

 

10. A bird that has special type of feathers that absorb water like a sponge_______________.

 

Answers:

1. Moulting

2. Oology

3. Brood Parasitism

4. Falconry

5. Tailorbird

6. Atlantic Puffin

7. Emu

8. Red-Billed Hornbill

9. Tailor Bird

10. Snadgronse