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Flock Talk - Test your Parrot IQ

Quiz answers

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

1) Where is the Yellow-breasted Racquet-tailed Parrot (Prioniturus flavicans) found? Sulawesi, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian, and possibly Banggai Islands, Indonesia.

2) When did the last known Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) disappear in the wild? 2000.

3) What do Amazon parrots need for enrichment in captivity? Overhead misters or shallow water bowls for bathing, foot toys, untreated wood block and vegetable tanned leather toys, food-finder toys, preening toys, perch toys, non-toxic and unsprayed hanging browse and push and pull toys.

4) What species of parrot is this? Guaiabero (Bolbopsittacus lunulatus)

5) What have Blue Lorikeets (Vini peruviana) been seen doing that is unlike that of other lories and lorikeets? They have been seen foraging for insects on the undersides of leaves.

6) What happens with female Vasa Parrots (Coracopsis vasa) which come into breeding condition? They lose the feathers on their head and crown, and the skin becomes bright yellow.

7) What parrot besides the lorikeet has a fringed tongue? The Kaka (Nestor meridionalis) has this adaptation, enabling it to feed on nectar as the lorikeet does.