What do most people say for “Name a type of parrot”?

The usual first answers are Macaw, Cockatoo and Budgerigar. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a type of parrot”?

24 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 5 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a type of parrot” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Kea” and the longest is “Eclectus parrot”.

Nature trivia

Name a type of parrot

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of parrot”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 24 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

Macaw
Cockatoo
Budgerigar

The next answers people reach for

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

African grey
Cockatiel
Lovebird
Parakeet
Amazon parrot

How deep does “Name a type of parrot” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	5	25
The Deep	5	50
The Abyss	10	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 5 answers starting with C, E, K and L. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

24 answers in total, 10 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Kea”. Longest: “Eclectus parrot”.
C, P and S are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Monk parakeet” counts as Quaker parrot.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with C: 4 of the answers begin with it.
Macaw, Cockatoo and Budgerigar are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Extinct and prehistoric animals count wherever the prompt allows them.

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Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a type of parrot”?: The usual first answers are Macaw, Cockatoo and Budgerigar. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a type of parrot”?: 24 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 5 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a type of parrot” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Kea” and the longest is “Eclectus parrot”.

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