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Quiz answers

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

1) Which Asian Parakeet is the largest? The Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) at 58 cm (22.6 in)

2) Are wild Rose-breasted Cockatoo (Eolophus roseicapilla) populations increasing or decreasing? Increasing. They are one of the few parrot species to do so.

3) What is unique about the Socorro Conure (Aratinga brevipes)? This species has a very small, one-island range which puts it at high risk for extinction.

4) Where is the Guaiabero (Bolbopsittacus lunulatus) found? ? In north, central and southern Philippines.

5) What are some enrichment items suitable for a White-bellied Caique (Pionites leucogaster)? Foot toys, bird-safe chewable branches of fir, pine, elder, saskatoon or willow, heat-sterilized pine cones, puzzle toys, bathing and socialization.

6) The Vulturine Parrot (Pionopsitta vulturina) in one of two parrot species which are bald-headed. What is the other? The Orange-headed or Bald Parrot (Pionopsitta aurantiocephala)

7) What is the status in the wild of the Golden-mantled Racquet-tailed Parrot (Prioniturus platurus)? Least concern, with evidence of a small decline in certain populations.