Listen and name the bird. Each round plays 10 real recordings, drawn at random from 207 owls in the Birbs library, with four names to choose from. Every round is different — play as often as you like.
Name the Bird by Ear
Listen to a real recording and pick the bird. A fresh round every time you play.
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Each recording is credited to its recordist with its question, where the recordist is known.
The 207 owls in this quiz
- African Barred Owlet
- African Grass Owl
- African Scops Owl
- African Wood Owl
- Alor Boobook
- Amazonian Pygmy Owl
- American Barn Owl
- Andaman Boobook
- Andaman Masked Owl
- Andaman Scops Owl
- Andean Pygmy Owl
- Anjouan Scops Owl
- Arabian Eagle-Owl
- Arabian Scops Owl
- Ashy-faced Owl
- Asian Barred Owlet
- Austral Pygmy Owl
- Australian Boobook
- Australian Masked Owl
- Baja Pygmy Owl
- Balsas Screech Owl
- Band-bellied Owl
- Banggai Scops Owl
- Bare-shanked Screech Owl
- Barking Owl
- Barn Owl
- Barred Owl
- Bearded Screech Owl
- Biak Scops Owl
- Black-and-white Owl
- Black-banded Owl
- Black-capped Screech Owl
- Boreal Owl
- Brown Boobook
- Brown Fish Owl
- Brown Wood Owl
- Buff-fronted Owl
- Buffy Fish Owl
- Burrowing Owl
- Buru Boobook
- Cebu Boobook
- Central American Pygmy Owl
- Chaco Owl
- Chestnut-backed Owlet
- Choco Screech Owl
- Christmas Boobook
- Cinereous Owl
- Cinnabar Boobook
- Cinnamon Screech Owl
- Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl
- Cloud-forest Screech Owl
- Colima Pygmy Owl
- Collared Owlet
- Collared Scops Owl
- Costa Rican Pygmy Owl
- Crested Owl
- Cuban Pygmy Owl
- Cyprus Scops Owl
- Desert Owl
- East Brazilian Pygmy Owl
…and 147 more.