Tag Archive for 'Kea'

Kea parrots (Nestor notabilisa) don’t differentiate between the real and virtual worlds. Image credit: Amalia Bastos.

Kea Parrots Treat Physical and Virtual Worlds as Continuous and Equivalent, Study Shows

Sep 29, 2021 by News Staff

Using touchscreen laptops, a team of researchers from the University of Auckland has tested whether kea (Nestor notabilisa) — a large species of...

Photographs of Bruce handling objects larger than his preening pebbles, namely: (a) a slice of carrot, (b) a stone, (c) a piece of bark, (d) a black token used in previous cognitive experiments he was a part of; a close-up image (e) demonstrates how he uses his tongue and lower mandible to hold these objects. Image credit: Bastos et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97086-w.

Kea Parrots are Capable of Innovating Self-Care Tooling, New Study Shows

Sep 13, 2021 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports provides empirical evidence for deliberate self-care tooling in a species of bird. Photographs...

Specific calls of playing kea trigger playful emotions in other, non-playing birds, just as laughter does for us. Image credit: Raoul Schwing, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.

‘Laughter’ is Catching in New Zealand’s Kea Parrots

Mar 22, 2017 by News Staff

The kea (Nestor notabilis) — a large species of parrot endemic to the Southern Alps of New Zealand — has become the first non-mammal to show...

A juvenile Kea, Nestor notabilis, perching on some rubble on the Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. Image credit: Markus Koljonen / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kea: Researchers Shed Light on History of Famous New Zealand Parrot

Apr 5, 2014 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Molecular Ecology reveals the glacial and post-glacial history of the kea, Nestor notabilis. A juvenile Kea, Nestor...