Except for bats, the only mammals to have exclusively adapted to an airborne life, birds are the only vertebrates that have evolved the power of flight. And yet, some species have relinquished this advantage and all but shed their wings in the course of evolution. How and why did they evolve this way?
Explore the fascinating world of flightless birds in No Fly Zone – The Flightless Birds Quiz. This edition of The Bird Nerd Quiz from The Green Ogre comes in two flavours—Easy and Challenging!
The Easy-Peasy Version – How well do you know your flightless birds?
The Challenging Version – Baffled by flightless birds?
These two versions, we hope, address concerns aired by two audience groups: one that complained that the quizzes were too tough, and another that whined about the quizzes being too easy.
Of course, you’re welcome to flex your brains at both versions! But note that you can score triple the points in the Challenging version!
Go ahead and take your pick. Or, better still, why choose?
Very interesting quiz. Just being able to identify birds wasn’t enough, the underlying science behind bird species and evolution is important
Thank you, Shalini! Great to hear that you enjoyed it.
Yes, the intent was to take the understanding of birds beyond just recognising the species but stoking a curiosity about the how and why.