Quiz 11: Exploring The Bird Brain – Lafeber® Pet Birds

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1. Birds have brain structures that are similar to which of the following species:

Mammals

Reptiles

Amphibians

Insects

Question 1 of 7

2. Birds have a smooth-surfaced brain also known as a lissencephalic brain.

True

False

Question 2 of 7

3. The brains of birds and reptiles do not have which of the following:

Neurons

Convolutions

Lobes

Nerves

Question 3 of 7

4. Fill in the blank: Parrot and songbird brains contain _________ as many neurons as equivalent rodent brains.

two to four times

half

ten times

Question 4 of 7

5. The part of the brain that corresponds to the forebrain, the pallium in birds, has a much higher concentration of neurons packed in the same amount of space than primates.

True

False

Question 5 of 7

6. Which of the following is one of the 4 tools in a bird’s cognitive tool kit?

Causal Reasoning

Flexibility

Imagination

Prospection

All of the above

Question 6 of 7

7. The intelligence of the corvid family, a group of birds that includes parrots, crows, ravens, magpies, rooks and jackdaws, rivals that of apes and dolphins.

True

False

Question 7 of 7

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