This month no one has given all right answers, thelittleserpentcatcher@gmail.com has given 8 right answers.
Right Answer toQuiz on Cranes and Storks
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| 1.Siberian cranes once nested in W.Siberia and wintered in India. The last documented Siberian crane in India during winter was in the year………. |
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| 2.The Bishnoi community in Rajasthan feed and protect the Krishnakraunch. The Sanskrit name “krishnakrauch” refers to |
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Demoiselle crane |
Siberian crane |
Sarus crane
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| 3.This stork is quite common in S.India nesting on ficus trees, electric towers etc. |
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Blacknecked stork |
woolly necked stork |
Lesser Adjutant stork
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| 4.The male and female of this species looks alike. The juvenile storks can be mistaken for openbilled storks from a distance. These are, …… |
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Greater adjutant storks |
black necked storks |
Painted storks
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| 5.The measured martial gait as it paces up and down gave it its name. This stork is seen in North & North.East India. |
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Adjutant stork |
Wooly necked stork |
Black necked stork
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| 6.The periodic movements of locust swarms cannot be referred to as migration because…. |
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locusts are not birds |
the movement does not involve return to the starting point. |
the movement involves food gathering
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| 7.Of the 15 species of cranes, ……….are vulnerable to extinction. |
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| 8.Of the following places, where are cranes not found at all? |
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Australia |
S.America |
Europe
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| 9.Sandhill and Whooping cranes call ………..…..their home |
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North America |
Japan |
North India
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| 10.Forty species of migratory birds feature in a film by Columbia Tristar released in March 2004 –The film is |
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Fly Away Home |
Follow the Leader |
Winged Migration
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