Nature trivia
Name a type of heron
77 answers count for this nature prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Grey heron
- Great blue heron
- Little egret
- Great egret
- Cattle egret
- Bittern
- Night heron
Below the waterline
These 37 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Purple heron
- Squacco heron
- Black-crowned night heron
- Yellow-crowned night heron
- Green heron
- Little blue heron
- Tricolored heron
- Reddish egret
- Snowy egret
- Western reef heron
- Intermediate egret
- Eastern great egret
- Chinese egret
- Pacific reef heron
- Goliath heron
- Black heron
- Black-headed heron
- Madagascar pond heron
- Indian pond heron
- Chinese pond heron
- Javan pond heron
- Striated heron
- White-faced heron
- Pied heron
- Capped heron
- Whistling heron
- Boat-billed heron
- Agami heron
- Rufescent tiger heron
- White-crested tiger heron
- Zigzag heron
- Great bittern
- Little bittern
- American bittern
- Least bittern
- Stripe-backed bittern
- Dwarf bittern
The iceberg for “Name a type of heron”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsGrey heron · Great blue heron · Little egret
- Below the Surface37 answers · 25 ptsPurple heron · Squacco heron · Black-crowned night heron …
- The Deep22 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss10 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 22 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, H, I, S and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 77 answers in total, 68 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ibis”. Longest: “Yellow-crowned night heron”.
- A, B and S are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Gray heron” counts as Grey heron.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with A than with any other letter (12). Run through it first.
- Skip Grey heron, Great blue heron and Little egret; everybody says them.
- Breeds and varieties are a goldmine for rare answers.
Play nature trivia nowList of herons A–Z
Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of heron”?
- Most people start with Grey heron, Great blue heron, Little egret, Great egret and Cattle egret. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of heron”?
- 77 in all: 7 on The Tip, 37 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of heron”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ibis” and the longest is “Yellow-crowned night heron”.
- Is “Name a type of heron” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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