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Flock Talk - Test your Parrot IQ

Quiz answers

January results
Here are the answers to last month's Test Your Parrot IQ.

1) How many different species of Racquet-tailed Parrots are there? Nine – Blue-crowned, Blue-headed, Blue-winged, Buru, Golden-mantled, Green, Mindanao, Mountain and Yellow-breasted.

2) Where is the Iris Lorikeet found and what is its status in the wild? E and W Timor and Wetar Island, Lesser Sundas, Indonesia; status: Near-threatened.

3) The Thick-billed Parrot is currently the only species that is native to North America. There was one other, now extinct. Name the species. Carolina Parakeet. Note: including Mexico, there are more native to North America today: White-fronted Amazon, Yellow-lored Amazon, Green-cheeked Amazon, Lilac-crowned Amazon

4) Which groups of parrots are the smallest (in body length) in the world? Parrotlets and Pygmy Parrots.

5) Name some of the threats to wild Baudin’s Black Cockatoos. Clearing trees for agriculture, logging and mining; introduction of non-native (feral) bees which infect nest sites and shooting by farmers.

6) What supplement do members of the Fig Parrot family require more of in captivity? Vitamin K.