Kea

• inteligenciaIt is one of the most intelligent parrots known, able to solve complex problems as a group, and has learned to strip rubber and plastic parts off parked cars out of sheer exploratory curiosity.
• It solves multi-step problems, uses tools and learns by watching other keas: in laboratory tests it has matched or beaten primates on tasks of causal and statistical reasoning.
• Between 1860 and 1970 the New Zealand government paid bounties for keas shot, and more than 150,000 birds were killed, because of their habit of attacking the backs of sheep to eat the fat.
• It has a call that works as contagious laughter: when it is played back, other keas spontaneously start to play, the first described case of contagious positive emotion in a bird.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Alpine grassland, subalpine scrub and beech forest of New Zealand's South Island

Sexual maturity

4 years

Gestation / incubation

22 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

3 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_notabilis

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.