POUL 1010E EXAM 2 CERTIFICATION
ASSESSMENT 2026 VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Threats to the US for Illegal Trade.
Answer: Invasive species
Decrease in biodiversity
Disease transmission (disease to humans and other species)
Habitat destruction (leading threat)
Threat to the current bird population
◉ Regulation of Imports.
Answer: Fish and Wildlife Service regulate imports to USA
18 seaports, but 25% inspected
USDA regulates agricultural livestock
◉ Smuggling Methods.
Answer: Secret compartments
Illegal species mixed with legal species
Hidden in luggage or clothing
Packaged in plastic containers
,Using the postal service
PARTICULARLY BIRD EGGS, put in vests or pockets of clothing
Animals are often drugged and do not survive.
◉ CITES.
Answer: stands for Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species
it controls trade in threatened wild plant and animal species due to
exploitation; international agreement that establishes control over
trade in wild plants and animals that are endangered
-appendix 1 = most threatened with extinction
-appendix 2= highly controlled
-appendix 3= protection in at least one country
◉ AFA.
Answer: American Federation of Aviculture
Education about keeping and breeding birds in captivity
Aviculturist = exotic bird owner
◉ Distribution of Parrots.
Answer: Southern hemisphere, tropics
Mostly in South America and Australia
, None in Europe or Russia
◉ Carolina Parakeet.
Answer: Extinct in 1904 due to hunting and habitat loss
Occupied eastern USA
-Most northern of any parrot
-Extinction is a mystery
habitat destruction
killed by farmers
killed for feathers
◉ Parrot Anatomy.
Answer: Curved beak for hard seeds
Beak = third foot (used as climbing tool); feet = hands
Most parrots are green
Foot Arrangement- zygodactyl, 1st an 4th toes point backwards 2nd
and 3rd point forwards = powerful grip to use feet as hands
Zygodactyl (2 toes front, 2 toes back)
Large parrots are slow or flightless, small parrots are faster
◉ Feather Color of Most Parrots.
Answer: -Macaws= most colorful in existence today
ASSESSMENT 2026 VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Threats to the US for Illegal Trade.
Answer: Invasive species
Decrease in biodiversity
Disease transmission (disease to humans and other species)
Habitat destruction (leading threat)
Threat to the current bird population
◉ Regulation of Imports.
Answer: Fish and Wildlife Service regulate imports to USA
18 seaports, but 25% inspected
USDA regulates agricultural livestock
◉ Smuggling Methods.
Answer: Secret compartments
Illegal species mixed with legal species
Hidden in luggage or clothing
Packaged in plastic containers
,Using the postal service
PARTICULARLY BIRD EGGS, put in vests or pockets of clothing
Animals are often drugged and do not survive.
◉ CITES.
Answer: stands for Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species
it controls trade in threatened wild plant and animal species due to
exploitation; international agreement that establishes control over
trade in wild plants and animals that are endangered
-appendix 1 = most threatened with extinction
-appendix 2= highly controlled
-appendix 3= protection in at least one country
◉ AFA.
Answer: American Federation of Aviculture
Education about keeping and breeding birds in captivity
Aviculturist = exotic bird owner
◉ Distribution of Parrots.
Answer: Southern hemisphere, tropics
Mostly in South America and Australia
, None in Europe or Russia
◉ Carolina Parakeet.
Answer: Extinct in 1904 due to hunting and habitat loss
Occupied eastern USA
-Most northern of any parrot
-Extinction is a mystery
habitat destruction
killed by farmers
killed for feathers
◉ Parrot Anatomy.
Answer: Curved beak for hard seeds
Beak = third foot (used as climbing tool); feet = hands
Most parrots are green
Foot Arrangement- zygodactyl, 1st an 4th toes point backwards 2nd
and 3rd point forwards = powerful grip to use feet as hands
Zygodactyl (2 toes front, 2 toes back)
Large parrots are slow or flightless, small parrots are faster
◉ Feather Color of Most Parrots.
Answer: -Macaws= most colorful in existence today
