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Quiz answers

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

1) Which group of parrots tend to sleep or take baths hanging upside down? The Hanging Parrots.

2) True or false: The Intermediate Parakeet (Psittacula intermedia) is a hybrid between the Slaty-headed and Plum-headed Parakeets. True - Forshaw (2006) notes it as a hybrid, although there has historically been much debate on the subject.

3) Which is the largest cockatoo by weight? The Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), at a top weight of 1200g.

4) Where are Blue-throated Macaws (Ara glaucogularis) found? In Beni (and possibly N Santa Cruz) department, C Bolivia. See WPT's work with the Blue-throated Macaw

5) What are the threats facing the Seychelles Black Parrot (Coracopsis nigra barklyi, race of Lesser Vasa Parrot)? They are threatened by habitat loss, extreme isolation and predation by introduced mammals. See WPT's work with the Seychelles Black Parrot

6) What is the status in the wild of the Soccoro Conure (Aratinga brevipes)? They are endangered, with only about 350 remaining.

7) What is unusual about the Ultramarine Lory (Vini ultramarina)? The Ultramarine Lory is one of only two species of small parrot that are blue in colour, the other being the Blue Lorikeet (Vini peruviana)