Q 01/05

Roughly how many parrot species are there?

A) About 100

B) About 1,000

C) About 410

D) About 40

Answer · why

C) About 410

They fall into 101 genera and four families, with the richest variety in South America and Australasia.

Q 02/05

Which animated film follows Blu, a Spix's macaw?

A) Rio

B) Up

C) Encanto

D) Coco

Answer · why

A) Rio

Rio made a star of the Spix's macaw, a blue Brazilian parrot that habitat loss and trapping pushed out of its homeland; it was declared extinct in the...

Q 03/05

Along with parrots, which other bird group is considered the most intelligent?

A) Corvids such as crows and jays

B) Owls and nightjars

C) Raptors such as hawks and eagles

D) Pigeons and doves

Answer · why

A) Corvids such as crows and jays

Corvids such as crows and jays rival parrots on cognition tests, and both groups pack on average twice as many neurons into their brains as primates d...

Q 04/05

About half of all parrots alive, some 50 million birds, live where?

A) In captivity

B) In rainforests

C) On oceanic islands

D) In city parks

Answer · why

A) In captivity

In captivity: a 2021 estimate put the parrots in zoos, breeding centres and above all private homes at about 50 million, as many as remain wild, where...

Q 05/05

A climbing parrot pulls itself upward with its feet and which 'third limb'?

A) The tail

B) A wing

C) The chest

D) The beak

Answer · why

D) The beak

The beak, driven by the neck, works as a true third limb: a climbing lovebird's head pulls as hard as a primate's arm, beating a 'forbidden phenotype'...