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Brown Teal Quiz
 
Have a go at answering these questions, then check your answers to see how much you really know about the Brown Teal!
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1. The Brown Teal is a member of what bird family?

Owl
Kiwi
Parrot
Duck

2. Which of these have the fewest numbers in the wild?

Kiwi
Blue Duck
Brown Teal
Tui

3. Why would the National Brown Teal Team want to study Brown Teal?

To learn more about how Brown Teal live
Because they have nothing better to do
To find out how lazy they are

4. Brown Teal can fly?

True
False

5. You can't take your cat or dog into areas with Brown Teal because:

Brown Teal will attack and kill them
The cats will eat the Brown Teal food
The cats and dogs will attack and kill the Brown Teal
Brown Teal Recovery Programme staff will mistakenly study their droppings

6. What do Brown Teal carry on their back - like a little backpack?

Spare food
Their eggs
A radio transmitter
A small detonator kit to scare off predators

7. A female duck is called?

Cow
Hen
Duck
Doe

8. Juvenile ducks are called?

Chicks
Ducklings
Duckies
Dabchicks

9. A male duck is called?

Stag
Duck
Rooster
Drake

10. What is the Maori name for Brown Teal?

Kaki
Whio
Pateke
Hihi.

11. There are less than X amount of Brown Teal left in the wild?

10
100
1000
10000

12. There is only one country in the world where Brown Teal are found in the wild. Which country is it?

America
Australia
India
New Zealand

13. What year was the Brown Teal given government protection?

1911
1921
1981
1991

14. Which one of these facts is true?

Brown Teal are territorial
Brown Teal are blind
Brown Teal eat sheep
Brown Teal cannot fly

15. What year was the Brown Teal Recovery Programme launched?

1999
1989
1968
1978

16. Brown Teal now only live in these parts of the country?

Northland, Great Barrier Island, Corromandel Pernisula
Northland, Southland, Stewart Island
North Island, South Island, Stewart Island
Offshore Islands only

17. The Brown Teal is extinct.

True
False

18. Is it true that Brown Teal parents feed their chicks insects and worms?

Yes
No

19. Which Brown Teal parent incubates the egg?

Female
Male
Both

20. Is it true that there is a place named after them?

Yes
No

21. What is the Brown Teal's scientific name?

Brownas tealis
Waterfowlis duckas
Anas chlorotis
Tealas chorotis

22. The Brown Teal got it's name because it...

Likes the dark
Is brown in colour
Wears dark sunglasses
Is related to the brown creeper

23. Did the Brown Teal population decrease with the arrival of humans?

Yes
No

24. On average how many eggs do Brown Teal's usually lay at one time?

1-2
2-4
4-6
6-8

25. Brown Teal are nocturnal?

Yes
No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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