Quiz time: NZ animals

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Here are some quiz questions and answers on NZ animals for you to test yourself!

Animals, Insects, Birds, Native animals, Quiz

Test yourself on the following ten questions. The answers are given below, together with links to further information.  

1.  The Common tussock, Forest ringlet, and Glade copper are all types of what? 

Image: Insect, Cricket

Insect, Cricket

Puke Ariki

Image: Geometer Moths

Geometer Moths

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

2.  Which of the following is not a lizard?

Image: Aupouri Gecko

Aupouri Gecko

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Image: Brown skink, Hakarimata forest, NZ (2 of 2)

Brown skink, Hakarimata forest, NZ (2 of 2)

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Image: Tuatara

Tuatara

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3.  How many species of kiwi still exist?

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Kiwi

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Image: Kiwi

Kiwi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Kiwi

Kiwi

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 4.  The Whio is a highly endangered New Zealand bird. It is a....  

Image: Blue Duck

Blue Duck

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Image: Black-billed Gull

Black-billed Gull

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Image: White heron

White heron

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5.  What is the smallest dolphin in NZ (and the world)?

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Bottlenose Dolphin

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Image: Dusky Dolphin

Dusky Dolphin

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Image: Hector's Dolphin

Hector's Dolphin

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6.  The purple swamp hen is known by what Māori name? 

Image: North Island Kākā

North Island Kākā

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Image: Pukeko.

Pukeko.

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Takahē

Takahē

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

7.  The Chatham Island black robin was close to extinction in 1980 though it survived thanks to one breeding pair.  One of the names of the robins in this breeding pair was 'Old Blue'.  What was the other  called? 

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Old Black

Chatham Island black robin

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Inspecting black robin eggs

Old Red

Inspecting black robin eggs

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Black Robin, Petroica traversi

Old Yellow

Black Robin, Petroica traversi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

8.  NZ has only one native land mammal. What is it?

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Ferret

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Long-tailed bat

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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Possum

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9.  Only one native bird is found exclusively in alpine areas. What is it?

Image: Kea

Kea

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Image: New Zealand pipit

New Zealand pipit

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Rock Wren

Rock Wren

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10.  Which native species is the only one known to be venomous in NZ? 

Image: Katipō spiders

Katipō spiders

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Redback Spider

Redback Spider

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Image: White-tailed Spiders

White-tailed Spiders

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ANSWERS:

1.     Butterfly.  For further information, see Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust and nzButterfly.info

2.    Tuatara - Although resembling lizards, they are reptiles of the order Sphenodontia.                                                                            See: Department of Conservation: Tuatara

3.     Five species of kiwi - North Island brown, Southern brown, Little spotted, Great spotted, and Okariti brown.                            See: New Zealand Birds  Online          

4.     Blue Duck. See Department of Conservation: Blue duck/Whio

5.     Hector's dolphin. See Department of Conservation: Dolphins

6.     Pukeko. See New Zealand birds online

7.     Old Yellow (male bird) - Endangered Species Foundation: Black robin

8.    Bat (long-tailed and lesser short-tailed). See Te Ara: Bats

9.    Rock wren - Kea live in alpine and forested areas and New Zealand pipit live in coastal and alpine areas.                                       See Department of Conservation: Birds A-Z

10.  Katipō - Redback and red-tailed spiders are from Australia. See Te Ara: Venomous spiders

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