Quiz 13: Parrot Beak, Feet, Eyes, Sounds, & Gut

Your name:

1. The Herbst corpuscles of your bird’s beak allow your bird to feel which of the following senses?

Taste

Tactile/touch

Smell

Question 1 of 10

2. Just like babies, birds can favor some textures and sensations over others.

True

False

Question 2 of 10

3. Fill in the blank: Bird beaks are derived from ________

A cornified specialization of skin

Phosphorus

Vitamin K

Question 3 of 10

4. Which of the following actions help to maintain the proper growth of your bird’s beak?

Annual examinations

Proper foraging foods

Untreated wood toys

All of the above

Question 4 of 10

5. Fill in the blank: Parrots have _____________ toes also known as yoked toes.

Zygodactyly

Anisodactyly

Tridactyl

Question 5 of 10

6. Sandpaper perches do not reduce the length of a pet bird’s nails; instead, they can cause trauma to the foot pad and lead to bumblefoot.

True

False

Question 6 of 10

7. When selecting a perch, your bird’s nails should reach _______ around the perch.

About halfway

All the way around

Three fourths of the way

Question 7 of 10

8. The ________ is the “voice box” of the bird.

Trachea

Bronchi

Syrinx

Question 8 of 10

9. Birds are able to visualize colors that humans cannot.

True

False

Question 9 of 10

10. This eye placement allows parrots to have a larger field of vision:

Frontal

Lateral

Question 10 of 10

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