What is the scientific name of the Australian emu?
Answer
Dromaius novaehollandiae
80 Australian Wildlife Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Australian parrot migrates across Bass Strait and is critically endangered?
Answer
Orange-bellied parrot
Which Australian fish can breathe air using a single lung?
Answer
Queensland lungfish
Which Australian marine mammal is the only seal species endemic to Australia?
Answer
Australian sea lion
Which Australian dolphin is known for using marine sponges as tools while foraging?
Answer
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Which Australian finch has red, black or yellow facial colour forms?
Answer
Gouldian finch
Which Australian parrot migrates between Tasmania and mainland Australia and is critically endangered?
Answer
Orange-bellied parrot
Which Australian bird is the heaviest flying bird native to Australia?
Answer
Australian bustard
Which possum is the faunal emblem of the Australian state of Victoria?
Answer
Leadbeater’s possum
Which Australian crocodilian is the largest living reptile?
Answer
Saltwater crocodile
Which Australian bird is the world’s third-tallest living bird and has a bright blue neck?
Answer
Southern cassowary
Which Australian lizard channels rainwater to its mouth through skin grooves?
Answer
Thorny devil
Which Australian marsupial is commonly called the bilby?
Answer
Greater bilby
Which Australian skink is also called the shingleback?
Answer
Bobtail
Which Australian marsupial is the world’s largest gliding possum?
Answer
Greater glider
What is the world’s largest freshwater crayfish, native to Tasmania?
Answer
Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish
Which Australian bird is the world’s fastest diving bird, reaching over 300 kilometres per hour?
Answer
Peregrine falcon
Which Australian mammal is commonly called the rakali?
Answer
Water rat
Which Australian turtle has a distinctive pig-like snout?
Answer
Pig-nosed turtle
Which Australian bird is the largest owl species on the continent?
Answer
Powerful owl
Which Australian tree frog is also called White’s tree frog?
Answer
Australian green tree frog
Which Australian mammal has a long, narrow snout and feeds mainly on ants and termites but is not a numbat?
Answer
Short-beaked echidna
Which Australian marsupial is adapted to hibernate through alpine winters?
Answer
Mountain pygmy possum
Which Australian bird decorates a courtship bower with blue objects?
Answer
Satin bowerbird
Which Australian mammal is considered the world’s rarest marsupial?
Answer
Gilbert’s potoroo
Which Australian octopus has bright blue rings that appear when it is threatened?
Answer
Blue-ringed octopus
Which Australian bird is famous for defending its nest by swooping people in spring?
Answer
Australian magpie
What is the largest living species of sea turtle, found in Australian waters?
Answer
Leatherback sea turtle