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 %
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 3 0 3 100.00%
Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica 3 0 3 100.00%
Common Tern Sterna hirundo 7 0 7 100.00%
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa 4 0 4 100.00%
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates monorhis 3 0 3 100.00%
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica 3 0 3 100.00%
Arabian Scops Owl Otus pamelae 3 0 3 100.00%
Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula 3 0 3 100.00%
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 5 0 5 100.00%
African Silverbill Euodice cantans 3 0 3 100.00%
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama 6 1 5 83.33%
Little Tern Sternula albifrons 5 1 4 80.00%
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 5 1 4 80.00%
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 5 1 4 80.00%
Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata 5 1 4 80.00%
Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea 5 1 4 80.00%
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida 9 2 7 77.78%
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 4 1 3 75.00%
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 4 1 3 75.00%
Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 4 1 3 75.00%
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus 7 2 5 71.43%
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 3 1 2 66.67%
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 3 1 2 66.67%
Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 1 2 66.67%
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 3 1 2 66.67%
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 3 1 2 66.67%
Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris 3 1 2 66.67%
Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 3 1 2 66.67%
Great White Egret Ardea alba 3 1 2 66.67%
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 3 1 2 66.67%
Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei 6 2 4 66.67%
Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides 3 1 2 66.67%
Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei 6 2 4 66.67%
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 6 2 4 66.67%
Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis 3 1 2 66.67%
Common Swift Apus apus 3 1 2 66.67%
Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi 6 2 4 66.67%
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 3 1 2 66.67%
European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 8 3 5 62.50%
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 2 3 60.00%
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus 5 2 3 60.00%
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 10 4 6 60.00%
Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites 5 2 3 60.00%
Delicate Prinia Prinia lepida 5 2 3 60.00%
Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus 10 4 6 60.00%
Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 5 2 3 60.00%
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 5 2 3 60.00%
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 4 2 2 50.00%
Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes 4 2 2 50.00%
Medium Egret Ardea intermedia 8 4 4 50.00%
Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides 6 3 3 50.00%
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 14 7 7 50.00%
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 8 4 4 50.00%
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 8 4 4 50.00%
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 6 3 3 50.00%
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura 4 2 2 50.00%
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 4 2 2 50.00%
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens 4 2 2 50.00%
Desert Owl Strix hadorami 4 2 2 50.00%
Crested Lark Galerida cristata 8 4 4 50.00%
Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica 4 2 2 50.00%
Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus 6 3 3 50.00%
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 6 3 3 50.00%
Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo 4 2 2 50.00%
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 4 2 2 50.00%
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 7 4 3 42.86%
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 7 4 3 42.86%
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 10 6 4 40.00%
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 5 3 2 40.00%
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta 5 3 2 40.00%
Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 10 6 4 40.00%
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 5 3 2 40.00%
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus 5 3 2 40.00%
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha 5 3 2 40.00%
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius 5 3 2 40.00%
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 5 3 2 40.00%
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 5 3 2 40.00%
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 5 3 2 40.00%
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena 5 3 2 40.00%
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 5 3 2 40.00%
Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii 8 5 3 37.50%
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 8 5 3 37.50%
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 11 7 4 36.36%
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 11 7 4 36.36%
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 3 2 1 33.33%
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 6 4 2 33.33%
Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 2 1 33.33%
Ruff Calidris pugnax 3 2 1 33.33%
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 3 2 1 33.33%
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 3 2 1 33.33%
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 3 2 1 33.33%
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi 3 2 1 33.33%
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 3 2 1 33.33%
Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax 6 4 2 33.33%
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus 3 2 1 33.33%
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 3 2 1 33.33%
Chukar Alectoris chukar 6 4 2 33.33%
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 3 2 1 33.33%
Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 3 2 1 33.33%
Striated Heron Butorides striata 3 2 1 33.33%
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos 6 4 2 33.33%
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus 3 2 1 33.33%
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata 3 2 1 33.33%
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 3 2 1 33.33%
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti 3 2 1 33.33%
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus 3 2 1 33.33%
Omani Owl Strix butleri 3 2 1 33.33%
Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea 3 2 1 33.33%
Abyssinian Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus 3 2 1 33.33%
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 3 2 1 33.33%
Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus 6 4 2 33.33%
Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys 6 4 2 33.33%
European Roller Coracias garrulus 3 2 1 33.33%
Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica 6 4 2 33.33%
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 3 2 1 33.33%
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 3 2 1 33.33%
Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis 3 2 1 33.33%
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 3 2 1 33.33%
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 6 4 2 33.33%
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 6 4 2 33.33%
Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus 3 2 1 33.33%
Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 3 2 1 33.33%
Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris 3 2 1 33.33%
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 3 2 1 33.33%
Little Crake Zapornia parva 3 2 1 33.33%
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus 3 2 1 33.33%
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 3 2 1 33.33%
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 9 6 3 33.33%
Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus 7 5 2 28.57%
Singing Bushlark Mirafra javanica 7 5 2 28.57%
Yemen Serin Crithagra menachensis 7 5 2 28.57%
Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus 7 5 2 28.57%
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 4 3 1 25.00%
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 4 3 1 25.00%
Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 4 3 1 25.00%
Sanderling Calidris alba 4 3 1 25.00%
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 4 3 1 25.00%
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis 4 3 1 25.00%
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 4 3 1 25.00%
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 8 6 2 25.00%
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 4 3 1 25.00%
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala 4 3 1 25.00%
Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis 4 3 1 25.00%
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 12 9 3 25.00%
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 8 6 2 25.00%
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata 4 3 1 25.00%
Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis 4 3 1 25.00%
Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 4 3 1 25.00%
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 4 3 1 25.00%
Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla 4 3 1 25.00%
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 8 6 2 25.00%
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis 4 3 1 25.00%
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 4 3 1 25.00%
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 4 3 1 25.00%
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 8 6 2 25.00%
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 9 7 2 22.22%
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala 9 7 2 22.22%
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus 5 4 1 20.00%
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 10 8 2 20.00%
Little Bittern Botaurus minutus 5 4 1 20.00%
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 5 4 1 20.00%
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis 5 4 1 20.00%
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 5 4 1 20.00%
Rufous-capped Lark Calandrella eremica 5 4 1 20.00%
Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata 5 4 1 20.00%
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 5 4 1 20.00%
Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta 5 4 1 20.00%
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 5 4 1 20.00%
Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana 5 4 1 20.00%
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor 5 4 1 20.00%
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 6 5 1 16.67%
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 6 5 1 16.67%
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea 6 5 1 16.67%
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii 6 5 1 16.67%
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 6 5 1 16.67%
Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis 6 5 1 16.67%
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 6 5 1 16.67%
Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes 6 5 1 16.67%
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 6 5 1 16.67%
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps 6 5 1 16.67%
Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 6 5 1 16.67%
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 6 5 1 16.67%
Arabian Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus percivali 6 5 1 16.67%
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 7 6 1 14.29%
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes 7 6 1 14.29%
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 7 6 1 14.29%
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus 7 6 1 14.29%
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 8 7 1 12.50%
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 9 8 1 11.11%
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 3 3 0 0.00%
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 3 3 0 0.00%
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor 3 3 0 0.00%
Small Pratincole Glareola lactea 5 5 0 0.00%
Eurasian/Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 4 4 0 0.00%
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps 5 5 0 0.00%
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 4 4 0 0.00%
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 4 4 0 0.00%
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus 5 5 0 0.00%
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus 3 3 0 0.00%
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 7 7 0 0.00%
Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 6 6 0 0.00%
White Stork Ciconia ciconia 6 6 0 0.00%
Cape Gannet Morus capensis 3 3 0 0.00%
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 4 4 0 0.00%
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi 4 4 0 0.00%
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 5 5 0 0.00%
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 3 3 0 0.00%
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 4 4 0 0.00%
Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis 3 3 0 0.00%
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 7 7 0 0.00%
African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 4 4 0 0.00%
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 3 3 0 0.00%
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 5 5 0 0.00%
Osprey Pandion haliaetus 5 5 0 0.00%
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 4 4 0 0.00%
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 4 4 0 0.00%
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus 11 11 0 0.00%
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 5 5 0 0.00%
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 5 5 0 0.00%
Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii 5 5 0 0.00%
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 7 7 0 0.00%
Black Kite Milvus migrans 5 5 0 0.00%
Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus 4 4 0 0.00%
American Barn Owl Tyto furcata 3 3 0 0.00%
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus 4 4 0 0.00%
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis 3 3 0 0.00%
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus 4 4 0 0.00%
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii 4 4 0 0.00%
Arabian Eagle Owl Bubo milesi 3 3 0 0.00%
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus 3 3 0 0.00%
Little Owl Athene noctua 4 4 0 0.00%
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura 4 4 0 0.00%
Persian Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia 5 5 0 0.00%
Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 4 4 0 0.00%
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus 3 3 0 0.00%
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris 3 3 0 0.00%
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula 6 6 0 0.00%
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 9 9 0 0.00%
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 3 3 0 0.00%
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 6 6 0 0.00%
Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail Motacilla alba 4 4 0 0.00%
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 6 6 0 0.00%
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 4 4 0 0.00%
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 4 4 0 0.00%
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 5 5 0 0.00%
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 3 3 0 0.00%
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 5 5 0 0.00%
Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus 4 4 0 0.00%
Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris 4 4 0 0.00%
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis 3 3 0 0.00%
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 4 4 0 0.00%
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 5 5 0 0.00%
Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius 3 3 0 0.00%
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 6 6 0 0.00%
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi 6 6 0 0.00%
Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata 4 4 0 0.00%
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius 4 4 0 0.00%