Put your bird identification skills to the test with this Guess the Rare Bird: New Zealand Edition quiz! Can you correctly identify these rare birds found in New Zealand? Challenge yourself and see how many correct answers you can get out of the 10 bird species included in this quiz.
1. Which New Zealand bird is known for its vast ‘Sooty’ plumage often seen on pelagic birding trips?
Royal Albatross
Sooty Albatross
Northern Shoveler
Little Blue Penguin
2. The nōhinohi, or Little Owl, is typically found on which island of New Zealand?
South Island
Stewart Island
North Island
Chatham Islands
3. The Kawau pāteketeke, also known as the New Zealand King Shag, is found predominately in which area?
Auckland
Marlborough Sounds
Fiordland
Stewart Island
4. Which bird, tūturiwhatu, is considered endangered and is unique to New Zealand?
New Zealand Dotterel
Kea
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Kakapo
5. The Westland petrel, also known as tāiko, breeds exclusively in which part of New Zealand?
Stewart Island
West Coast of the South Island
North Island
Chatham Islands
6. The recently described Whenua Hou diving petrel/kuaka nests in which location?
Auckland Islands
Codfish Island
Kapiti Island
Poor Knights Islands
7. Which bird is distinguished as being featured on the New Zealand fifty-dollar note?
Kakapo
Kiwi
Kea
Tui
8. Which bird was first reported in the Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand in 1954?
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Welcome Swallow
Royal Albatross
Kokako
9. The black-fronted dotterel was first recorded in New Zealand in which year?
1945
1955
1965
1975
10. Which bird can be known for 'wrecks' washing ashore along New Zealand's coastline?
