80 Australian Wildlife Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Australian mammal is the world’s largest burrowing herbivore?
Answer
Common wombat
What disease has caused major population declines in Tasmanian devils?
Answer
Devil facial tumour disease
Which Australian lizard is known for displaying a large frill around its neck?
Answer
Frilled lizard
Which Australian bird builds a large mound to incubate its eggs using heat from rotting vegetation?
Answer
Australian brush turkey
Which Australian penguin is the world’s smallest penguin species?
Answer
Little penguin
What is the largest bird of prey in Australia?
Answer
Wedge-tailed eagle
Which Australian fish is one of only six surviving lungfish species worldwide?
Answer
Australian lungfish
Which Australian bird has the longest bill of any living bird?
Answer
Australian pelican
Which Australian bird is the world’s largest living kingfisher?
Answer
Laughing kookaburra
Which Australian frog can survive dry periods by forming a waterproof cocoon underground?
Answer
Water-holding frog
Which Australian pinniped is the only seal species breeding exclusively in Australia?
Answer
Australian sea lion
What is the largest living reptile found in Australia?
Answer
Saltwater crocodile
Which Australian bird is famous for imitating chainsaws, camera shutters, and other sounds?
Answer
Superb lyrebird
What is the name of Australia’s largest carnivorous marsupial?
Answer
Tasmanian devil
Which Australian bird has a helmet-like casque and is considered dangerous when threatened?
Answer
Southern cassowary
On which Australian island is the quokka especially associated with selfies?
Answer
Rottnest Island
Which Australian mammal has males with venomous ankle spurs?
Answer
Platypus
What is the largest living marsupial species, native to Australia?
Answer
Red kangaroo