Tag Archive for 'Goffin's cockatoo'

Captive Goffin’s cockatoos are able to innovate the flexible use of a toolset. Image credit: Osuna-Mascaró et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.023.

Goffin’s Cockatoos Can Use and Transport Toolsets, Study Shows

Feb 14, 2023 by News Staff

In new research from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, the majority of Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) spontaneously innovated toolset...

A new study by Auersperg et al supports previous studies on Goffin’s cockatoos showing that they can not only select, but create different tools depending on the task at hand. Image credit: Goffin Lab, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.

Goffin’s Cockatoos Can Manufacture, Manipulate Tools of Different Length

Nov 9, 2018 by News Staff

An Indonesian species of parrot known as the Goffin’s cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana) can tear a cardboard sheet into long strips as tools to reach food,...

Goffin’s cockatoos can cut out elongated tools of a cardboard to rake pieces of food. Image credit: Bene Croy.

Goffin’s Cockatoos Filmed Making Same Tool Type from Different Materials

Nov 16, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of researchers from Austria and the UK has shown that Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) can manufacture and use stick-type...

Goffin's Cockatoo (© Ian Parberry / Virginia Holt / CSE UNT)

Goffin’s Cockatoos Can Solve Complex Mechanical Problems, Shows Study

Jul 5, 2013 by Natali Anderson

New research, reported in the open-access journal PloS ONE, has yielded a surprising result: an Indonesian species of parrot known as Goffin’s Cockatoo,...