Nature trivia
Name a bird found in North America
“Name a bird found in North America” is one of 98 nature prompts in Icillion. Of its 635 accepted answers, 12 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Bald Eagle
- American Robin
- Blue Jay
- Northern Cardinal
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- American Crow
- Wild Turkey
- Canada Goose
- Mallard
- Great Horned Owl
- Red-tailed Hawk
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- American Goldfinch
- House Finch
- Purple Finch
- Mourning Dove
- Rock Pigeon
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Song Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- House Sparrow
- European Starling
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Baltimore Oriole
- Eastern Bluebird
- Western Meadowlark
- Barn Swallow
- Purple Martin
- Cedar Waxwing
- Gray Catbird
- Brown Thrasher
- Wood Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- Steller's Jay
- California Quail
- Greater Roadrunner
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Turkey Vulture
- Osprey
- Peregrine Falcon
- American Kestrel
- Cooper's Hawk
- Golden Eagle
- Barn Owl
- Barred Owl
- Eastern Screech-Owl
- Snowy Owl
- Burrowing Owl
- Common Loon
- Sandhill Crane
- Whooping Crane
- Brown Pelican
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Wood Duck
- Atlantic Puffin
- Herring Gull
- Killdeer
- American Coot
- Common Raven
- Black-billed Magpie
- Canada Jay
- Pine Siskin
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Scarlet Tanager
- Painted Bunting
- Indigo Bunting
- Yellow Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Belted Kingfisher
- Snow Goose
- Trumpeter Swan
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Evening Grosbeak
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Mountain Bluebird
- Western Bluebird
- Tree Swallow
- Bobolink
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Carolina Wren
- House Wren
- Great Gray Owl
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Ring-billed Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Roseate Spoonbill
- American White Pelican
- Flamingo
- Wood Stork
- Anhinga
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Northern Gannet
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsBald Eagle · American Robin · Blue Jay
- Below the Surface94 answers · 25 ptsBlack-capped Chickadee · Tufted Titmouse · American Goldfinch …
- The Deep312 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss216 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 312 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 216 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 635 answers in total, 604 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Sora”. Longest: “Black-throated Green Warbler”.
- B, C and S are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 68 answers can be typed more than one way: “Titmouse” counts as Tufted Titmouse.
Getting below the surface
- Start with B: 96 of the answers begin with it.
- Bald Eagle, American Robin and Blue Jay are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Breeds and varieties are a goldmine for rare answers.
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What the words mean
Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a bird found in North America”?
- The usual first answers are Bald Eagle, American Robin, Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal and Ruby-throated Hummingbird. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a bird found in North America”?
- 635 in all: 12 on The Tip, 94 Below the Surface, 312 in The Deep, 216 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a bird found in North America” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Sora” and the longest is “Black-throated Green Warbler”.
- How hard is “Name a bird found in North America”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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