Bird Song Matching Quiz

June 1, 2010 in Free Downloads, Fun Stuff and Games with 12 comments

This post was last updated on July 31, 2024

A mnemonic device is something used to aid memory or learning. Sometimes birders 'translate' bird songs into mnemonics to help them remember which bird is singing a particular song. We've made a fun quiz showing ten of our Birdorable birds and the common mnemonics birdwatchers sometimes use to remember their songs. You can download and/or print the Bird Song Matching Quiz PDF. Try to match each bird with the popular mnemonic of its song. To get you started, we've matched the Common Yellowthroat with its song: "Witchety! Witchety! Witchety!" If you get stuck, you can check the meet pages of our birds to see who says what. Click on the picture to view the PDF.

Comments

Ashira on June 1, 2010 at 9:41 AM wrote:

HOORAY! 8D What FUN! -prints-

Canaduck on June 1, 2010 at 10:02 AM wrote:

Yay, so cute!

Darlene Sanders Hillman on June 8, 2016 at 4:10 PM wrote:

Where are the answers?

suhayb on November 3, 2020 at 6:50 PM wrote:

i don't know

stefanie on May 4, 2021 at 9:20 PM wrote:

what bird says peter peter peter

leah on June 9, 2021 at 5:38 PM wrote:

idk

aden on February 18, 2022 at 10:17 PM wrote:

check birdorable.com/meet for the answers

Davier Tay on December 11, 2022 at 2:21 AM wrote:

I don't know where are the answers.

Srikrishna on March 8, 2023 at 9:47 PM wrote:

The Common Northern American White-crowned Indigo Barred Yellow Baltimore Tufted Carolina Wren says, "Witchety! Witchety! What cheer! Cheer, cheer, cheer up! Cheerily! More, more, more cheesies, fire! Fire! Where? Where? Here! Here! See it? Who cooks for you? Who cooks for sweet, sweet, here here! Come right here, Peter! Peter! Teakettle! Teakettle! Teakettle!

Srikrishna on March 8, 2023 at 9:49 PM wrote:

I forgot to add the quotation mark (").

Joyce Portman on July 30, 2024 at 4:52 PM wrote:

Seeking a hard copy of the interactive birdsong map Please

Birdorable on July 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM wrote:

Joyce, I have fixed the link to the Bird Song Quiz in this post. You can find it here.

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