The plover nerd quiz

Do you think you're a plover nerd? Have you been paying attention to Plover Appreciation Day? Time to test your real plover knowledge!

For each question, only one answer is correct! You'll know your result at the end. Good luck!

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* 1. Where can you find plovers?

Only on Australian beaches

In any part of the world as long as it’s near water

They’re distributed worldwide, mostly in open habitats near water, but few species live in inland habitats far from water bodies

Perching on any tree

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* 2. Which photo shows a plover nest?

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Grey Plover

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* 3. Do plovers migrate?

No. Why would they?

Yes, all of them are migratory, travelling thousands of km every year between their breeding and wintering grounds.

Some of them migrate, travelling thousands of km every year between their breeding and wintering grounds. Other species are non-migratory but can move within their range.

Only when they feel like it

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* 4. How long is the migration of the Pacific Golden Plover?

Migration? Pacific Golden Plovers don’t migrate.

6,000 km each year

500 km each year, up to 1,000 km if they really need to

25,000-27,000 km each year

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* 5. Can you identify these 4 birds in order?

Javan Plover, Hooded Plover, Piping Plover, Saint Helena Plover

Kentish Plover, Shore Plover, Piping Plover, White-fronted Plover

Red-capped Plover, Hooded Plover, Piping Plover, Saint Helena Plover

Red-capped Plover, Hooded Plover, Piping Plover, White-fronted Plover

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* 6. Whose head is that?

Greater Sand Plover

Lesser Sand Plover

Kentish Plover

Common Ringed Plover

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* 7. This is a Hooded Plover chick. Can it fly?

If threatened by a predator, yes.

No, Hooded Plover chicks are flightless until fledgling age, around 5 week old

Only for about 100 m

It can't fly, but can jump very far

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* 8. Name the species and distribution of this adorable plover!

Piping Plover, occurs in North America

Snowy Plover, occurs in North America

Kentish Plover, occurs in Europe

White-fronted Plover, occurs in Africa

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* 9. Which plover species buries their eggs?

None, who would bury their eggs?

Hooded Plovers, but only when threatened

White-fronted Plovers, among others

All plovers

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* 10. Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola) – is it a plover?

Yes, and it’s called crab plover because it eats crabs

No, it’s actually a crab species and it’s called plover crab!

No. It has its own family, Dromidae

Yes, but its relationship with the plover family Charadriidae is unclear

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* 11. You’re on the beach and get too close to a Hooded Plover nest where the parent is incubating the eggs. What will the parent do?

Stare at me and wait to see what I do

It will swoop me, for sure

It will flee, leaving the eggs unattended, with the hope I follow him/her and I stay away from the nest

It will come to greet me

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* 12. Is there anything wrong with this bird?

Someone call a vet! This bird can’t fly!

Nothing wrong, the bird is doing a broken wing display in response to a threat to its chicks

The bird is just stretching its wings

Some birds just have malformations, I guess

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