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- 1. Multiple Choice
To what continent is the kea endemic?
Oceania
Africa
South America
Asia
- 2. Multiple Choice
What region does the kea inhabit?
Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
Papua New Guinea
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Where do kea nest?
Beaches
Treetops
Rocks
Tree Roots
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How many eggs make up a kea clutch?
2-4
1
5-7
8-10
- 5. Multiple Choice
Kea have what type of hierarchies?
Non-Linear
Linear
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How long is kea incubation?
3-4 Weeks
1-2 Weeks
5-6 Weeks
7-8 Weeks
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What is the kea's diet?
Omnivorous
Herbivorous
Carnivorous
Unknown
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What is the kea's diet?
Generalist
Specialist
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which kea can learn complicated tasks from observing others?
Captive
Wild
Both, Captive & Wild
None
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is a male kea called?
Cock
Bull
Buck
Jock
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What is the kea's circadian rhythm?
Diurnal
Nocturnal
Crepuscular
Cathemeral
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is a female kea called?
Hen
Jenny
Doe
Sow
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Kea are important for New Zealand's tourism industry.
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
What has the New Zealand Department of Conservation nicknamed the kea?
The Clown
The Vandal
The Fool
The Bully
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What is the kea's mating system?
Polygynous
Polyandrous
Polygynandrous
Monogamous
- 16. Multiple Choice
What percentage of kea males are allowed to breed each year?
10%
30%
50%
70%
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the kea's evaluation on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species?
Endangered
Vulnerable
Critically Endangered
Near Threatened
- 18. Multiple Choice
What threatens the kea?
Invasive Species
Climate Change
Energy Production
Biological Resource Use
- 19. Multiple Choice
When was the kea described?
1746
1856
1966
2006
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What feature originated the kea's common name?
Loud Flight Call
Colorful Plumage
Opportunistic Diet
Social Lifestyle
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What color is a kea's underwings?
Blue
Red
Green
Black
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What is the kea's scientific name?
Nestor notabilis
Nestor meridionalis
Strigops habroptilus
Nestor productus
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is the kea's only competitor?
New Zealand Kaka
Kakapo
New Zealand Falcon
South Island Takahe
- 24. Multiple Choice
Kea thrive in urban environments.
True
False
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is the kea's population?
4,000
400
40
40,000
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which season is not part of the kea's breeding season?
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
- 27. Multiple Choice
What is the color of a juvenile kea's lower beak?
Yellow
Black
Green
Red
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What is the kea's form of locomotion?
Digitirade
Plantigrade
Unguligrade
Other
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which sex of kea initiates copulation?
Male
Female
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How do male kea win over females?
Feeding
Building a Nest
Singing
Dancing
- 31. Multiple Choice
What is the kea's trophic level?
Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Tertiary Consumer
Apex Predator
- 32. Multiple Choice
What is the primary part of a kea's diet?
Plants
Insects
Mammals
Carrion
- 33. Multiple Choice
When do kea fledge?
6 Months
2 Weeks
3 Months
1 Year
- 34. Multiple Choice
When are kea independent?
4-5 Months
1-2 Years
6-9 Months
2-3 Years
- 35. Multiple Choice
Kea are less active during what kind of weather?
Hot
Cold
- 36. Multiple Choice
Kea sexual maturation differs by sex.
True, males mature sooner.
True, females mature sooner.
False.
- 37. Multiple Choice
In what season do kea consume the most carrion?
Summer
Spring
Winter
Fall
- 38. Multiple Choice
What habitats do kea inhabit?
Forest
Shrubland
Grassland
Artificial Terrestrial
- 39. Multiple Choice
What is the kea's movement pattern?
Not a Migrant
Altitudinal Migrant
Full Migrant
Nomadic
- 40. Multiple Choice
What preys on kea?
Stoats
Domestic Cats
Possoms
Kakas
- 41. Multiple Choice
What percentage of kea nests are normally attacked by predators?
20%
40%
60%
80%
- 42. Multiple Choice
What is the kea's social system?
Social
Solitary
Social Males, Solitary Females
Solitary Males, Social Females
- 43. Multiple Choice
How many kea live in a group?
3-4
30-40
300-400
3,000-4,000
- 44. Multiple Choice
When did the kea become fully protected?
1986
2006
1906
1886
- 45. Multiple Choice
What is the kea's general use and trade?
Medicine
Pets
Sport Hunting
Food
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What is the kea's lifespan?
15-20 Years
5-10 Years
10-15 Years
20-25 Years
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What is the kea's population trend?
Increasing
Decreasing
Stable
Unknown
- 48. Multiple Choice
Kea have declined what percentage in the last 36 years?
65%
85%
45%
25%
- 49. Multiple Choice
Kea are killed by farmers for preying on what livestock?
Sheep
Cattle
Pig
Goat
- 50. Multiple Choice
Kea infect livestock with what type of fatal bacteria?
Blood-Poisoning
Flesh-Eating
Brain-Eating
Liver-Poisoning
- 51. Multiple Choice
The kea displays sexual dimorphism.
True, males are larger.
True, females are larger.
False.
- 52. Multiple Choice
Kea beak size differs by sex.
True, males' are longer.
True, females' are longer.
False.
- 53. Multiple Choice
The curvature of the kea's beak differs by sex.
True, males' are more curved.
True, females' are more curved.
False.
- 54. Multiple Choice
What is a group of kea called?
Flock
Pandemonium
Troop
Congress
- 55. Multiple Choice
What is the kea's parental investment?
Maternal
Paternal
Both, Maternal & Paternal
None
- 56. Multiple Choice
What systems does the kea inhabit?
Terrestrial
Aerial/Arboreal
Fossorial
Aquatic
- 57. Multiple Choice
Kea band together to chase predators from their groups.
True
False
- 58. Multiple Choice
What is the kea's breeding interval?
1 Year
2 Years
6 Months
3 Months
- 59. Multiple Choice
Kea perceive what type of stimuli?
Visual
Tactile
Auditory
Chemical
- 60. Multiple Choice
The kea's population is severely fragmented.
True
False
- 61. Multiple Choice
Which of these is a kea?
- 62. Multiple Choice
Which of these are kea tracks?
- 63. Multiple Choice
Which of these is a kea?
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