Daily Challenge · Saturday

Challenge of September 26, 2026

Photos: Skull Index, Wikipedia

ClassicEasier than 94% of days

Southern Red-Billed Hornbills

Tockus rufirostris

Aves/Bucerotiformes/Bucerotidae/Tockus/Tockus rufirostris

Players
19
Median time
4 sec

Solved on try

  1. 184%
  2. 216%
  3. 30%
  4. 40%

Most confused with

  • Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus1 of 19
  • Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri1 of 19
  • Rhinoceros hornbillBuceros rhinoceros1 of 19

Photos: Skull Index, Wikipedia

TaxonomyHarder than 83% of days

Coast mole

Scapanus orarius

Where the community fell · players: 16

  1. ClassMammalia100%
  2. OrderEulipotyphla75%

    25% fell here · Most picked wrong answer: Monotremata (1 of 16)

  3. FamilyTalpidae56%
  4. GenusScapanus44%
  5. SpeciesScapanus orarius31%

31% reached the species

Skull Match

The skulls

  • RazorbillsAlca torda
  • European herring gullLarus argentatus
  • Western jackdawCorvus monedula
  • Iceland GullsLarus glaucoides

Decoy namesDomestic goose, Atlantic Puffins

Players
9
Matched them all
89%
Mistakes on average
1.1

Most common swap

  • Razorbills taken for Atlantic Puffins×3
  • European herring gull taken for Iceland Gulls×2
  • European herring gull taken for Western jackdaw×1