Quiz on Gruiformes

1. To court a female he, 1)extends his neck and wings 2) Bows deeply 3) Then approaches the female. Who is he?

2. These rails get quarrelsome during breeding season. Rival males clash over territory. These are,

3. This crane spends the whole year in one locality

4. These long legged birds of the open plains are powerful runners. These are

5. The purple moorhen ( family :rail) is a common site at

6. Several of the world’s cranes are now endangered mainly due to

7. The birds grouped together as ‘gruiformes’

8. `Gruiformes` are the diverse group of birds consisting of

9. The smallest of the cranes is

10. These members of ‘gruiformes’ are small, secretive birds with rounded wings and short tails and the rear toe on each foot missing. These are,