Use of tools – Bird Ecology Study Group

7 May 2018

Published: Tanimbar Corella using tool to feed on coconut

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants, Parrots, Use of tools | 0

Our BICA Moment, specifically Ang Siew Siew’s posts, Tanimbar Corella (Cacatua goffini) using “tool” to access the flesh of a coconut LINK 1 and LINK 2 has now been published in a scientific journal: Osuna-Mascaró, A.J., & Auersperg, A. M. … Continued

17 Aug 2016

Tanimbar Corella uses “tool” to get at the coconut kernel

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants, Use of tools, Videography | 0

Ang Siew Siew documented a Tanimbar Corrella (Cacatua goffini) digging into a coconut in an earlier post. She returned to the Sentosa Waterfront site a few days later and returned with a major ornithological discovery – a tool using corella, … Continued