Quiz: Which native Bird of the Year contestant are you?

The Fiordland crested penguin (Newshub. / file)
The Fiordland crested penguin (Newshub. / file)

It's time for arguably New Zealand's most important award of the year.

Forest and Bird's Bird of the Year competition can get very heated at times and has been rocked by scandals in the past.

Only last year, hundreds of fraudulent votes were cast for the kōkako by two enthusiastic voters.

But who should you vote for? Which feathered friend are you most closely aligned with?

While the obvious pick is the Fiordland crested penguin, the campaign of which happens to be managed by Newshub's Simon Wong, there are dozens of options.

We've narrowed it down for you with a very helpful, informative, and completely unbiased personality quiz.