Australian Birds (Feathered Variety) Quiz

Answer: Australian King Parrot

The adult male takes about two years to reach mature colouring, the female is not as colourful. They eat seeds, berries, fruit and nuts and lay three to four eggs in spring or summer. Other names include Southern King Parrot and King Lory.

Answer: Kookaburra

The Laughing or Blue-Winged Kookaburra is one of Australia's most well known birds. Its distinctive call, like wild laughter, is territorial, telling all other Kookaburras that they have a territory and are ready to defend it!

Answer: Pale-headed Rosella

Living in pairs or small groups, this Rosella eats seeds, fruit, blossoms and nectar. The Northern Rosella is only found in the Northern Territory and the far north of Western Australia. The Western Rosella is only found in Western Australia and the Green Rosella is only found in Tasmania.

Answer: Purple-crowned Fairy Wren

This beautiful little wren with a purple crown and blue tail eats insects. It is endangered, found only in the far north of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and the far north western corner of Queensland inhabiting dense shrubbery and undergrowth.

Answer: Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

This cockatoo eats the seeds of native trees including eucalypts and casuarinas. The male of the species has a rounded crest and large bill and is black in colour with red panels on its tail. The female has yellow spots and bars and its tail panels are more orange than red. The Inland and Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoos differ in habitat and size.

Answer: Rainbow Lorikeet

Roosting together in their hundreds, the Rainbow Lorikeet is blue, red, orange, yellow, green and violet in colour! It inhabits open and rainforests, woodlands, heaths and home gardens and lays two eggs usually in the hollow of a tree between August and January.

Answer: Little Corella

Corellas are a distinctive group of three different species of white cockatoos with short tails, bare eye rings and short rounded crests. They eat grass seeds, roots and bulbs and inhabit open woodlands, scrub and grasslands. In some areas, they are considered to be in plague proportions.

Answer: Cockatiel

In captivity, the Cockatiel or Quarrion comes in many different colourations, but in the wild it is a grey-brown with a lemon coloured face, rosy cheek patches and white on its wings. It prefers arid and semi-arid open country, usually near water and eats the seeds of many native plants.

Answer: Barking Owl

This medium-sized brown Owl with white spots on its wings, a strongly streaked breast and brilliant yellow eyes 'barks' like a dog! It's call is used to signify its territory and can range between barking like a dog to a wavering human-like scream. It eats small mammals, birds and insects.

Answer: Zebra Finch

Zebra Finches have orange cheeks, black and white striped throats and tails, black tear drops below their eyes and an orange bill. They eat grass and cereal crop seeds and inhabit open country, preferring drier areas. They breed all year round and lay four to five eggs in a grass chamber like nest.