Species mistake statistics

Aggregates over quiz answers. With a country selected, only games played in that country are counted, and only species on that country's checklist are shown (excluding introduced, uncertain, and unknown).

Only species with at least 3 picks (times shown). Error rate = wrongly answered / (wrongly + correctly answered) when this species was chosen. When a country is selected, the minimum pick count is lower than for all countries.

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Species Times shown Correctly answered Wrongly answered Error rate %
Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 3 0 3 100.00%
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 4 1 3 75.00%
Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 4 1 3 75.00%
Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons 4 1 3 75.00%
Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 7 2 5 71.43%
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 3 1 2 66.67%
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3 1 2 66.67%
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 3 1 2 66.67%
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 8 3 5 62.50%
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus 5 2 3 60.00%
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 5 2 3 60.00%
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 5 2 3 60.00%
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 10 4 6 60.00%
Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis 4 2 2 50.00%
Eurasian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium passerinum 4 2 2 50.00%
Great Snipe Gallinago media 4 2 2 50.00%
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 6 3 3 50.00%
Long-eared Owl Asio otus 4 2 2 50.00%
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 4 2 2 50.00%
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina 6 3 3 50.00%
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 4 2 2 50.00%
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes 4 2 2 50.00%
Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 6 3 3 50.00%
European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 7 4 3 42.86%
Razorbill Alca torda 7 4 3 42.86%
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus 5 3 2 40.00%
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 5 3 2 40.00%
Woodlark Lullula arborea 5 3 2 40.00%
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 8 5 3 37.50%
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 8 5 3 37.50%
Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus 3 2 1 33.33%
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 3 2 1 33.33%
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 3 2 1 33.33%
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni 3 2 1 33.33%
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 3 2 1 33.33%
Common Pochard Aythya ferina 3 2 1 33.33%
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 6 4 2 33.33%
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus 3 2 1 33.33%
Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 3 2 1 33.33%
Osprey Pandion haliaetus 3 2 1 33.33%
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 3 2 1 33.33%
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 6 4 2 33.33%
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 3 2 1 33.33%
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 10 7 3 30.00%
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 7 5 2 28.57%
Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 7 5 2 28.57%
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 8 6 2 25.00%
Greater Scaup Aythya marila 8 6 2 25.00%
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 4 3 1 25.00%
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 4 3 1 25.00%
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 4 3 1 25.00%
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 4 3 1 25.00%
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 4 3 1 25.00%
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 4 3 1 25.00%
Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 4 3 1 25.00%
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 4 3 1 25.00%
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 8 6 2 25.00%
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 4 3 1 25.00%
Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides 4 3 1 25.00%
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus 4 3 1 25.00%
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 4 3 1 25.00%
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 4 3 1 25.00%
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 4 3 1 25.00%
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 4 3 1 25.00%
European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 4 3 1 25.00%
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 4 3 1 25.00%
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 4 3 1 25.00%
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 4 3 1 25.00%
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 4 3 1 25.00%
Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla 4 3 1 25.00%
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 4 3 1 25.00%
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 8 6 2 25.00%
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola 4 3 1 25.00%
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 13 10 3 23.08%
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 9 7 2 22.22%
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 9 7 2 22.22%
Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 9 7 2 22.22%
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 5 4 1 20.00%
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra 5 4 1 20.00%
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 10 8 2 20.00%
Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 4 1 20.00%
Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 5 4 1 20.00%
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 5 4 1 20.00%
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 10 8 2 20.00%
Smew Mergellus albellus 5 4 1 20.00%
Goosander Mergus merganser 10 8 2 20.00%
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 5 4 1 20.00%
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 5 4 1 20.00%
Ural Owl Strix uralensis 5 4 1 20.00%
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 5 4 1 20.00%
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 5 4 1 20.00%
Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 5 4 1 20.00%
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 5 4 1 20.00%
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 5 4 1 20.00%
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 5 4 1 20.00%
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 11 9 2 18.18%
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 6 5 1 16.67%
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 6 5 1 16.67%
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 6 5 1 16.67%
Great Skua Stercorarius skua 6 5 1 16.67%
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 6 5 1 16.67%
Common Tern Sterna hirundo 6 5 1 16.67%
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus 6 5 1 16.67%
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 6 5 1 16.67%
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 6 5 1 16.67%
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 6 5 1 16.67%
Common Crane Grus grus 6 5 1 16.67%
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 6 5 1 16.67%
European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 6 5 1 16.67%
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 6 5 1 16.67%
Common Redshank Tringa totanus 7 6 1 14.29%
Dunlin Calidris alpina 7 6 1 14.29%
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 7 6 1 14.29%
Little Stint Calidris minuta 7 6 1 14.29%
Herring Gull Larus argentatus 7 6 1 14.29%
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 7 6 1 14.29%
Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 7 6 1 14.29%
Willow Tit Poecile montanus 7 6 1 14.29%
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 8 7 1 12.50%
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 8 7 1 12.50%
Common Eider Somateria mollissima 8 7 1 12.50%
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 8 7 1 12.50%
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 8 7 1 12.50%
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 8 7 1 12.50%
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 8 7 1 12.50%
Sanderling Calidris alba 9 8 1 11.11%
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 9 8 1 11.11%
Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 9 8 1 11.11%
European Serin Serinus serinus 9 8 1 11.11%
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10 9 1 10.00%
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 10 9 1 10.00%
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri 10 9 1 10.00%
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 13 12 1 7.69%
Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo 5 5 0 0.00%
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 3 3 0 0.00%
Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula 3 3 0 0.00%
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 5 5 0 0.00%
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 8 8 0 0.00%
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 3 3 0 0.00%
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 4 4 0 0.00%
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 4 4 0 0.00%
Tawny Owl Strix aluco 4 4 0 0.00%
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 9 9 0 0.00%
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 3 3 0 0.00%
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus 3 3 0 0.00%
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 4 4 0 0.00%
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 11 0 0.00%
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 5 0 0.00%
Brent Goose Branta bernicla 6 6 0 0.00%
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 7 7 0 0.00%
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 6 6 0 0.00%
Red Knot Calidris canutus 5 5 0 0.00%
Ruff Calidris pugnax 6 6 0 0.00%
Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 5 0 0.00%
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus 7 7 0 0.00%
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 3 3 0 0.00%
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 4 4 0 0.00%
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 9 9 0 0.00%
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta 3 3 0 0.00%
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 3 3 0 0.00%
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 3 3 0 0.00%
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 4 4 0 0.00%
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 5 5 0 0.00%
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 5 5 0 0.00%
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 3 3 0 0.00%
Gadwall Mareca strepera 4 4 0 0.00%
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 5 0 0.00%
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 7 7 0 0.00%
American Black Duck Anas rubripes 3 3 0 0.00%
Little Auk Alle alle 3 3 0 0.00%
Northern Pintail Anas acuta 4 4 0 0.00%
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 9 9 0 0.00%
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea 6 6 0 0.00%
Common Hoopoe Upupa epops 6 6 0 0.00%
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 3 3 0 0.00%
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 3 3 0 0.00%
Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 4 4 0 0.00%
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 4 4 0 0.00%
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 4 4 0 0.00%
Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 3 3 0 0.00%
King Eider Somateria spectabilis 3 3 0 0.00%
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 4 4 0 0.00%
Common Gull Larus canus 10 10 0 0.00%
Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri 3 3 0 0.00%
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 5 5 0 0.00%
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 12 12 0 0.00%
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 10 10 0 0.00%
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 3 3 0 0.00%
Goldcrest Regulus regulus 4 4 0 0.00%
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 8 8 0 0.00%
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 8 8 0 0.00%
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 4 4 0 0.00%
Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 3 3 0 0.00%
Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 5 5 0 0.00%
Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 3 3 0 0.00%
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 6 6 0 0.00%
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 3 3 0 0.00%
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola 3 3 0 0.00%
Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 3 3 0 0.00%
Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 5 5 0 0.00%
Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 3 3 0 0.00%
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia 5 5 0 0.00%
White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 5 5 0 0.00%
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 6 6 0 0.00%
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 6 6 0 0.00%
European Roller Coracias garrulus 3 3 0 0.00%
Sand Martin Riparia riparia 5 5 0 0.00%
Black Stork Ciconia nigra 6 6 0 0.00%
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 5 5 0 0.00%
Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 4 4 0 0.00%
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 8 8 0 0.00%
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 4 4 0 0.00%
Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 6 6 0 0.00%
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa 3 3 0 0.00%
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 5 5 0 0.00%
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 3 3 0 0.00%
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 7 7 0 0.00%
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 3 3 0 0.00%
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 5 5 0 0.00%
Stock Dove Columba oenas 3 3 0 0.00%
Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 4 4 0 0.00%
Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis 3 3 0 0.00%
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 3 3 0 0.00%
Great White Egret Ardea alba 6 6 0 0.00%
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 5 5 0 0.00%
Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis 3 3 0 0.00%
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 5 5 0 0.00%
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 5 5 0 0.00%
Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail Motacilla alba 5 5 0 0.00%
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 3 3 0 0.00%
Redwing Turdus iliacus 3 3 0 0.00%
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 4 4 0 0.00%
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus 10 10 0 0.00%
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus 6 6 0 0.00%
Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 4 4 0 0.00%
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus 4 4 0 0.00%
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 4 4 0 0.00%
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 8 8 0 0.00%
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 4 4 0 0.00%
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 5 5 0 0.00%
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 7 7 0 0.00%
Corncrake Crex crex 3 3 0 0.00%
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 4 4 0 0.00%
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 7 7 0 0.00%
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 3 3 0 0.00%
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 6 6 0 0.00%
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 5 5 0 0.00%
Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans 3 3 0 0.00%
Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus 4 4 0 0.00%
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 7 7 0 0.00%
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 5 5 0 0.00%
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 6 6 0 0.00%
Rook Corvus frugilegus 4 4 0 0.00%
Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis 5 5 0 0.00%
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 4 4 0 0.00%
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 9 9 0 0.00%
Black Kite Milvus migrans 4 4 0 0.00%
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 4 4 0 0.00%
Common Raven Corvus corax 5 5 0 0.00%
Little Crake Zapornia parva 4 4 0 0.00%
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla 6 6 0 0.00%
European Robin Erithacus rubecula 7 7 0 0.00%
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 6 6 0 0.00%
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 4 4 0 0.00%
Twite Linaria flavirostris 4 4 0 0.00%
Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 4 4 0 0.00%
Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis 3 3 0 0.00%
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 4 4 0 0.00%
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera 6 6 0 0.00%
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 5 5 0 0.00%
Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella 3 3 0 0.00%
Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 9 9 0 0.00%
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 3 3 0 0.00%
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 3 3 0 0.00%
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 4 4 0 0.00%
Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus 4 4 0 0.00%
Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 5 5 0 0.00%
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 5 5 0 0.00%
Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 4 4 0 0.00%
Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 4 4 0 0.00%
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 3 3 0 0.00%
Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius 4 4 0 0.00%
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 3 3 0 0.00%
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus 6 6 0 0.00%
Great Tit Parus major 6 6 0 0.00%
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 3 3 0 0.00%
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 4 4 0 0.00%
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius 3 3 0 0.00%
Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii 4 4 0 0.00%
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 7 7 0 0.00%
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 6 6 0 0.00%