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1. The grey forehead and face, delimiting a green hood, give this bird its name. Native to South America and considered as one of the greatest avian plagues in Spain and other Western European countries, what bird are we talking about?
2. Now considered a common sight by many Northern Europeans, history tells us that the majority of the European population of this black-and-white faced waterfowl is introduced. What is it?
3. This time we focus on a medium to large-sized waterfowl, a quite aggressive one (particularly to other waterfowl), which undoubtedly is an invasive species in NW Europe although it was initially introduced as an ornamental bird. Which one is this?
4. For the last of the waterfowl in this quiz we shall unmask a small, brownish duck which poses a very high genetic and ecological risk to a related, native species because of the eventual hybridisation and competition for natural resources. What invasive duck are we talking about?
5. This is a mostly yellow bird with the same job as the mythological Arachne, moderately spread mainly through Portuguese and Spanish wetlands. Which of these is it?
6. Let's go larger now. This time your task is to spot which of these species of the family Phasianidae is truly native to our lands.
7. Another stunningly coloured, long-legged bird is beginning to make its own way into Europe coming from Africa. A darker beak might help us to distinguish it from its cousins. Which bird is this?
8. Among the reeds in the marsh, we can find many alien species. Which three birds of the following are all non-native species found in Western European wetlands?
9. Native and quite common in continental Europe, this small nocturnal raptor was introduced into the UK by the 1900s and is now quite common in England and Wales, which species are we after?
10. And, as the cherry on the cake, we welcome a chap that has accomplished, by its own means, a long westwards expansion during the 20th century. It only arrived in Western Europe after the 1940s but is now a very common urban bird. Who is this pinkish-grey feathered immigrant?
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