Duck trivia quiz questions with answers
What is the scientific name for ducks?
Answer: Anatidae.
How many species of ducks are there in the world?
Answer: About 120 species.
What are the two main types of ducks?
Answer: Dabbling ducks and diving ducks.
Which duck species is known for its long, thin, pointed
tail feathers?
Answer: The Northern Pintail.
What is the most common species of duck in North
America?
Answer: The Mallard.
How many ducklings can a female mallard lay in one
clutch?
Answer: Up to 13.
What is the smallest species of duck in the world?
Answer: The Brazilian teal.
Which species of duck has a blue bill and feeds on
small crustaceans?
Answer: The Northern Shoveler.
What is the scientific name for the American black
duck?
Answer: Anas rubripes.
Which species of duck is found only in New Zealand?
Answer: The New Zealand Scaup.
What is the largest species of duck in North America?
Answer: The Muscovy duck.
Which duck species is known for its whistling sound?
Answer: The Wigeon.
What is a group of ducks called?
Answer: A flock.
Which species of duck has a green head and a white ring
around its neck?
Answer: The Wood Duck.
Which duck species is known for its distinctive curled
feathers on its tail?
Answer: The Mandarin duck.
Which species of duck is famous for its appearance in
the movie "Finding Nemo"?
Answer: The Pacific black duck.
Which species of duck is known for its red eyes and
distinctive blue bill?
Answer: The Ring-necked duck.
What is the scientific name for the Gadwall duck?
Answer: Anas strepera.
Which species of duck is known for its striking black
and white plumage?
Answer: The Barrow's Goldeneye.
Which duck species is the fastest flyer?
Answer: The Common Eider.
What is the scientific name for the Northern Shoveler?
Answer: Anas clypeata.
Which species of duck is known for its ability to walk
on land?
Answer: The American Wigeon.
Which duck species is known for its ability to dive up
to 200 feet?
Answer: The Common Goldeneye.
Which species of duck is known for its distinctive red
bill?
Answer: The Red-breasted Merganser.
What is the scientific name for the Canvasback duck?
Answer: Aythya valisineria.
Which species of duck is known for its unusual
whistling sound?
Answer: The Blue-winged Teal.
Which species of duck is found only in the southern
hemisphere?
Answer: The South Georgia Pintail.
What is the scientific name for the Ruddy duck?
Answer: Oxyura jamaicensis.
Which species of duck is known for its distinctive
flattened bill?
Answer: The Northern Shoveler.
Which species of duck is known for its habit of nesting
in tree cavities?
Answer: The Wood Duck.
