Krillion Recorded answers
434 recorded answers
How to approach it
Set a working threshold first: a typical adult chicken weighs roughly two kilos, so aim for birds whose adults clearly pass three or four. Then sweep the whole class in size bands rather than trusting whatever names surface: flightless ground runners, long-legged wading birds, bulky waterfowl, the largest hunting birds, heavy ground-dwelling game birds, and the outsized outliers hiding in otherwise modest families. Within each band, commit to a real species or a recognised domestic breed, because an exact name scores better than a loose family label. Finish by checking the mass against a reference figure and dropping anything that wins on wingspan or height alone. Working band by band and then alphabetically mirrors how the official reveal appears to be built and keeps you from stopping at the first plausible name.
Get a hint
Size is comparative, so start from the reference bird's adult weight and climb through the class's heaviest body plans: flightless runners, long-legged waders and bulky waterfowl.
A little more
Then narrow by habitat rather than by memory: marshes, coasts, cold plateaus and tropical canopies each shelter species several times heavier than the reference.
One step further
Finally, commit to one precise name — a full species, a recognised domestic breed or a well-defined regional form — and check adult mass, not wingspan or standing height.
Reveal answers 434
- Eastern Rockhopper PenguinDeep Cut85points
- Egyptian VultureDeep Cut85points
- Embden gooseDeep Cut85points
- Emperor GooseDeep Cut85points
- Erect-crested PenguinDeep Cut85points
- Eurasian Eagle-owlDeep Cut85points
- Eurasian SpoonbillDeep Cut85points
- Falkland steamer duckDeep Cut85points
- Fiordland PenguinDeep Cut85points
- Fish eagleDeep Cut85points
- Flightless CormorantDeep Cut85points
- Flightless steamer duckDeep Cut85points
- Flores Hawk-eagleDeep Cut85points
- Flying steamer duckDeep Cut85points
- Giant CootDeep Cut85points
- Giant IbisDeep Cut85points
- Giant PetrelDeep Cut85points
- Gibson's AlbatrossDeep Cut85points
- Goliath HeronDeep Cut85points
- Gould's wild turkeyDeep Cut85points
- Great AlbatrossDeep Cut85points
- Great CormorantDeep Cut85points
- Great CurassowDeep Cut85points
- Great Green MacawDeep Cut85points
- Great Indian BustardDeep Cut85points
- Great PenguinDeep Cut85points
- Great Spotted KiwiDeep Cut85points
- Great white heronDeep Cut85points
- Great White PelicanDeep Cut85points
- Great-billed HeronDeep Cut85points
- Greater AdjutantDeep Cut85points
- Greater FrigatebirdDeep Cut85points
- Greater Sandhill CraneDeep Cut85points
- Greater Spotted EagleDeep Cut85points
- Greater White-fronted GooseDeep Cut85points
- Green PeafowlDeep Cut85points
- Grey Crowned-craneDeep Cut85points
- Grey-headed AlbatrossDeep Cut85points
- Greylag GooseDeep Cut85points
- Guanay CormorantDeep Cut85points
- Gurney's EagleDeep Cut85points
- Hadada IbisDeep Cut85points
- Heard Island ShagDeep Cut85points
- Helmeted CurassowDeep Cut85points
- Helmeted HornbillDeep Cut85points
- Heuglin's BustardDeep Cut85points
- Himalayan MonalDeep Cut85points
- Himalayan SnowcockDeep Cut85points
- Himalayan VultureDeep Cut85points
- Hooded CraneDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
The scoring splits cleanly into three tiers, and the pattern is precision. The single 100-point answer is a rare, sharply defined species that almost nobody else names, which is what the top of the curve rewards. The 290 answers on 85 points are overwhelmingly exact species or formal breed names — Abbott's Booby, Abdim's Stork, Alagoas Curassow, Amsterdam Albatross — each specific enough to be unambiguous and unusual enough to stay scarce. The 117 answers on 60 points are the ones a crowd reaches for first: familiar family words or common species that many players submit at once, so the rarity bonus shrinks. Nothing here rewards being merely correct; a hen-sized bird list is easy to fill, so the reveal is really a test of how deep into the taxonomic catalogue you can go while keeping the name exact. Add a qualifier, a place-derived epithet or a breed designation, and the pick usually moves up a tier.