Flock Talk - Test your Parrot IQ
Quiz answers
March resultsHere are the answers to last month's Test Your Parrot IQ.
1. What do Ruppell’s Parrots (Poicephalus rueppelli) eat in the wild? They eat buds, shoots, nectar, flowers, seeds, pods, fruit and insect larvae.
2. Which Amazon parrot is the most endangered? The Puerto Rican Amazon (Amazona vittata) with a wild population of 30-35, with 160 in a captive breeding programme.
3. True or false: the two subspecies of Ringneck Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) have the widest worldwide distribution of any parrot species. True.
4. What should one provide as enrichment items for a pet Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus)? Seeding grasses for foraging, access to bathing and bird safe wood, wood toys, and melaleuca branches where available.
5. What are the threats to Moluccan Cockatoos (Cacatua moluccensis) in the wild? The pet trade, deforestation and habitat loss.
6. A recent study found over 35,000 active nest burrows for which species? The Patagonian Conure (Cyanoliseus patagonus). See more information about WPT’s work with the Patagonian Conure
7. Which group of parrots have extra-long toes to help them climb easily in the trees? The Pygmy Parrots (genus Micropsitta).
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