omnivore, alpine dwelling parrot??

[Owlet]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea

always learning new things about parrots

Has anyone had any experience with these guys because whoa

 

[SilverSage]

I saw a documentary on them once and thought “too much brain for me!” Lol


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[SailBoat]

I saw a documentary on them once and thought “too much brain for me!” Lol
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I'm thinking that was a Nat Geo Documentary and it left me with much the same feeling.

Active in Alpine regions is amazing.

Thanks for providing the Link!

 

[GaleriaGila]

Aren't they something?????????????????

Patagonia has some very cold, arid and sub-arctic areas, but THESE guys apparently hang out ABOVE THE TREE LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks foor this.

 

[Flboy]

A BBC documentary, really interesting!
[ame="https://youtu.be/bxoCuRuHlt8"]Wheelie bin raid | Kea | The Smartest Parrot | BBC - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Tami2]

A BBC documentary, really interesting!

WOW!! That’s awesome, I’m definitely going to watch it. Thx for the You Tube link :smile049:

 

[SailBoat]

A BBC documentary, really interesting!
Wheelie bin raid | Kea | The Smartest Parrot | BBC - YouTube

Thank's David! Great Video!

Clearly, do not need one of these guys around the house. Our Amazon can dismantle his cage with ease! With one of these guys, I would come into the garage to find the car dismantled.

 

[MonicaMc]

Pesky "little" birds! Wish I could have seen more of them!

 

[YoYo]

I've always been fascinated by them as well. I've seen some videos where they pull the rubber trim out of car windows and just generally love to cause havoc. They truly are oddities of the parrot world!, but are a really amazing part. As far as i know only a few zoos in the entire world have them and even fewer people have actually got the chance to handle/get close to one. They are so incredibly smart, it's just mesmerising. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Jen5200]

I have family in NZ and they had to send me this news article when I was complaining about what my birds get into. I decided that my crew didn’t compare to keas lol.
Cheeky kea get their own gym in bid to stop them messing with road cones - NZ Herald

 

[YoYo]

I have family in NZ and they had to send me this news article when I was complaining about what my birds get into. I decided that my crew didn’t compare to keas lol.
Cheeky kea get their own gym in bid to stop them messing with road cones - NZ Herald

haha , cheeky birds

 

[LordTriggs]

A BBC documentary, really interesting!
Wheelie bin raid | Kea | The Smartest Parrot | BBC - YouTube

Thank's David! Great Video!

Clearly, do not need one of these guys around the house. Our Amazon can dismantle his cage with ease! With one of these guys, I would come into the garage to find the car dismantled.

That's not the true fear, the real shock is when you see the invoice from them for the 'maintenance' performed on the car!

Interesting point from the Wikipedia article "will work together to achieve a certain objective. They have been filmed preparing and using tools." This shows an extremely high intelligence, using tools is something only seen by the top animals in terms of intelligence and working in groups to solve problems shows highly complex speech patterns and societal order.

 

[Cardinal]

Yeah


Keas are such amazing birds. Possibly the only parrot that relies substantially on a flesh diet.