Bird Photo Identification Quiz
Warbler Species - Quiz #4 (Medium)
What a beautiful, colorful type of bird!!   This quiz is a basic photo identification quiz, with all North American Warbler species potentially included.  Quiz rules are:
  1. Identify each bird by clicking on one of the six choices.  The pop-up box will tell you whether you provided a correct identification. If incorrect, the pop-up box will give an additional clue for the species.
  2. It doesn't matter what order you answer the 20 questions.  However, you will only get credit for a correct identification if you answer correctly with your first guess.  You may continue to guess until you find the correct answer, however.
  3. When you've answered all 20 questions, click the bottom button to find your final score.
  4. To start over and try the quiz from scratch, just hit the "reload" button on your browser.

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GOOD LUCK!!!

Quiz Photo #1

1. I am Setophaga fusca, a color species found in cooler forests of eastern North America in the summer.






Quiz Photo #2

2. I have two distinct breeding populations, one in the Pacific Northwest, and another in the upper Midwest, the Northeastern U.S., and southeastern Canada.






 Quiz Photo #3

3. I am Setophaga caerulescens, and summer in the Appalachians, the Northeast, the Great Lakes area, and southeastern Canada.






Quiz Photo #4 

4. Unlike many warblers, I am found in both the eastern and western parts of North America.







Quiz Photo #5
5. Not fair!  I'm not very colorful, unlike many of my warbler cousins!






 Quiz Photo #6

6.
Most of my kind breed in color forests of eastern North America, but a small distjunct population breeds in cypress forests of North Carolina.






Quiz Photo #7 

7. My scientific name is Seiurus noveboracensis Seiouros is Greek for "wag-tail", which describe a habit of mine.






Quiz Photo #8 

8. Females of my kind lack my dashing black mask.






Quiz Photo #9 

9. My scientific name is Setophaga pensylvanica, and I am indeed a summer breeding bird in Pennsylvania, as well as elsewhere in eastern North America.






Quiz Photo #10 

10. My scientific name is Dendroica....wait a minute, if I gave you my scientific name, you'd guess immediately.






Quiz Photo #11 

11. I am not a particularly well-named species, as I'm not often found in my namesake.






Quiz Photo #12 

12. I have a close relative I sometimes interbreed with, producing hybrid "Brewster's" or "Lawrence's" Warblers.






Quiz Photo #13 

13. I'm rather plain compared to some warblers.  except for a few areas in the extreme north, I'm just a migrant in the lower 48 states.






Quiz Photo #14 

14. I am the smallest of the North American Warblers, with a rather unusual summer habitat compared to most other warblers.






Quiz Photo #15 

15. I breed in much of the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada during the summer months, including the far southeastern U.S.






Quiz Photo #16 

16. I am a tough one to photograph!  I'm constantly moving and flicking my tail as I forage






Quiz Photo #17 

17. My scientific name is Dendroica occidentalis. Occidentalis means "west", a good name for a species found only near the Pacific coast.






Quiz Photo #18 

18. I have two different plumages, with my "Myrtle" form mostly found in eastern North America, and the "Audubon's" mostly found in the West.






Quiz Photo #19 

19. I am mostly found in the Southeastern U.S., although I do breed in scattered locations as far north as southeastern Canada.






Quiz Photo #20 

20. A bird of the forest floor, I am heard more often than I am seen.






RATING: 20 Correct --Super Birder!!

16-19 Correct -- All Star

12 - 15 Correct -- Bird Nut

8 - 11 Correct -- Showing Promise!

<7 Correct -- Need some work!!!

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