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Budgies (Parakeets) Trivia Quiz

Due to their small size, their ability to talk and their adorable clownish personalities, budgerigars have become one of the most popular pets! I love these little guys!

A multiple-choice quiz by anniedog. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
anniedog

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
20,180

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4078

Last 3 plays: Guest 69 (9/10), Guest 54 (6/10), Guest 85 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What physical characteristic indicates the gender of a budgie? Hint

the size of the head

the length of the tail

the colour around the nostrils

the pitch of the tweet

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Question 2 of 10

2. Can budgies mimic words and sounds?

Yes

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Question 3 of 10

3. Budgies were first brought to the UK as pets in which century? Hint

Fifteenth

Nineteenth

Seventeenth

Twentieth

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Question 4 of 10

4. Budgies are one of the most agressive parrot species towards other birds.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Budgies are native to what country? Hint

Brazil

Galapagos Islands

Indonesia

Australia

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Question 6 of 10

6. What colour plumage do budgies have in the wild? Hint

grey and blue

blue and white

yellow and green

white and yellow

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the complete form of the abbreviation 'budgie'? Hint

budgerigar

budgiligar

budgiborer

budgercigar

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is a food item that you should never offer to a budgie? Hint

chocolate

turkey

hard-boiled egg

cereal

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Question 9 of 10

9. Can budgies use their feet to hold food items?

Yes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Budgies are the smallest members of the parrot family.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What physical characteristic indicates the gender of a budgie?

Answer: the colour around the nostrils

If the area around the nostrils (referred to as the cere) is pinkish-brown, it's a female and if the cere is purple or blue, the bird is a male.

2. Can budgies mimic words and sounds?

Answer: Yes

A budgie holds the record for the largest vocabulary.

3. Budgies were first brought to the UK as pets in which century?

Answer: Nineteenth

Most sources give 1840 as the first year budgies were seen in Britain, with the first breeding from them dating from the 1850s.

4. Budgies are one of the most agressive parrot species towards other birds.

Answer: True

They can be quite agressive towards parrots much larger than them.

5. Budgies are native to what country?

Answer: Australia

Budgies can be found in large flocks in Australia.

6. What colour plumage do budgies have in the wild?

Answer: yellow and green

Throughout the years, breeders have created a lot of different mutations.

7. What is the complete form of the abbreviation 'budgie'?

Answer: budgerigar

'Budgerigar' means 'good to eat' in Australia's aboriginal language.

8. What is a food item that you should never offer to a budgie?

Answer: chocolate

Chocolate is not good for these little birds because it can be toxic.

9. Can budgies use their feet to hold food items?

Answer: No

Budgies are one of the rare parrots that do not use their feet to eat.

10. Budgies are the smallest members of the parrot family.

Answer: False

There are many smaller species, such as parrotlets and pygmy parrots.

Source: Author anniedog

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