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The corvids (ravens, crows, jays, magpies, etc.) and psittacines (parrots, macaws, and cockatoos) are often considered the most intelligent birds, and are among the most intelligent animals in general. Pigeons, finches, domestic fowl, and birds of prey have also been common subjects of intelligence studies.
Wild cockatoos in Australia have been reported to have learned human speech by cultural transmission from ex-captive birds that have integrated into the flock. [2] The earliest reference to a talking bird comes from Ctesias in the 5th century BC. The bird, which he called Bittacus, [3] may have been a plum-headed parakeet. [4]
Cockatoos can often be taught to wear a parrot harness, enabling their owners to take them outdoors. Cockatoos have been used in animal-assisted therapy, generally in nursing homes. [134] Cockatoos often have pronounced responses to musical sounds and numerous videos exist showing the birds dancing to popular music.
Cache, a Moluccan cockatoo, arrived at the sanctuary last year as part of an animal control case. “Cache and a few other parrots were found in an RV that was abandoned in Colorado,” Lydia shares.
Image credits: sencerb88 “There is no universally agreed-on test for "intelligence" across species, but we think of crows and some other animals as particularly smart because they can approach ...
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They may also make aggressive, unpredictable movements which can frighten people and animals unaware of the accompanying affection. One cockatoo called Fred was still alive at 100 years of age in 2014. [25] Cocky Bennett of Tom Ugly's Point in Sydney was a celebrated sulphur-crested cockatoo who reached an age of 100 years or more. He had lost ...
One notable Eleonora cockatoo is Snowball, a bird recently demonstrated to be capable of beat induction – in other words, that the bird is capable of perceiving a musical beat and dancing to it. [9] Like all cockatoos, the Eleonora cockatoo is widely considered to be very intelligent and emotionally complex. [10]