Test your knowledge of New Zealand bird songs with this exciting quiz! Can you guess the correct bird species based on their unique songs? Put your ears to the test and see how many you can get right out of 10!
1. Which bird’s song can be heard prominently in a dawn chorus at Abel Tasman National Park?
Bellbird/korimako
Tui
Blackbird
Morepork/ruru
2. The song of which bird has a recording duration of 30 seconds?
Auckland Island teal
Kiwi: Female North Island brown kiwi
Kākāpō male territorial calls
Kārearea juvenile female song
3. Which bird is known for its ability to imitate human speech with a New Zealand accent?
Kākā
Kererū
Tui
Kārearea
4. Which bird's song recording includes sounds of cicadas in the background?
Kākāpō
Morepork/ruru
Tui
New Zealand pigeon/kererū
5. What is the recording duration of the Yellowhead/mohua song?
00:35
00:30
01:21
02:30
6. Which bird gives a ‘booming call’ often heard during territorial displays?
Australasian bittern/matuku-hūrepo
Australasian crested grebe
New Zealand falcon/kārearea
Kārearea
7. Which bird responds vigorously to the playback of its calls under a beech canopy?
Morepork/ruru
Kea
Kiwi
Bellbird/korimako
8. What bird has a recording identified as 'Pair giving breeding calls on territory and displaying pair bond'?
Kākāriki
Kererū
Tui
Takahē
9. Which bird's song was recorded in mixed forest near Mount Bruce?
North Island robin/toutouwai
North Island tomtit
North Island saddleback/tīeke
South Island tomtit
10. What bird gives a 'soft who-who' call at a nesting site according to the recording?
