#kea (parrot)

[vestaignis]

Кеа - горный попугай, который по умственным способностям превосходит обезьян.⁠⁠

Попугай Кеа (лат. Nestor notabilis)относится к роду Nestor семейству Strigopidae, однако он значительно отличается от других его представителей. По внешнем�� виду этот пернатый больше похож на ворона или сокола. Длина тела птицы достигает 46 см, а вес варьируется в пределах 0,6-1 кг, при этом самцы крупнее самок. Размах крыльев в полете достигает 1 м.В окрасе попугаев кеа преобладает оливково-зеленый цвет с серым отливом. А перья окантованы черным цветом, что создает впечатление чешуйчатости. Область под крыльями у кеа огненно-оранжевая, поэтому во время полета птицы кажется, что она охвачена пламенем. Голова бронзово-зеленая. Глаза у этих попугаев темно-коричневого оттенка с тонким глазным кольцом желтого цвета. Когти и клюв имеют более темный оттенок. А нижняя сторона тела коричневато-оливковая. Лапы у этих попугаев крепкие, мощные, серые. Они помогают пернатому держаться на любой поверхности и обеспечивают быстрое передвижение на ней. Клюв с удлиненной выгнутой верхней частью, что обеспечивает глубокое зацепление. Из-за его необычного строения кеа еще называют соколиным попугаем. У самки клюв меньшего размера, менее изогнут и значительно короче, чем у самца.

Попугаи кеа обитают сугубо в Новой Зеландии. Их можно встретить в лесах и долинах гор Южного острова на высоте от 600 до 2000 метров. Летом попугаи кеа обитают в кустарниках и альпийской тундре. Осенью перемещаются в более высокие районы, богатые ягодами. А зимой этих птиц можно встретить возле домиков туристов, горнолыжных курортов, кемпингов. Они настолько смогли приспособиться к суровым условиям, что с удовольствием купаются в лужах с ледяной водой, кувыркаются в снегу.

Кеа хоть и питается растениями, плодами и семенами, но при случае не отказывают себе и в животной пище. Это могут быть не только насекомые, мелкие грызуны, но и падаль. По свидетельству фермеров, кеа могут даже напасть на живых овец и довести их смерти, выклевывая подкожный жир у них на спине. Но такое происходит не так так часто и в основном в зимнее голодное время, когда птицам приходится выживать в весьма суровом горном климате.

Кеа не чураются общения с человеком. Они охотно вселяются поближе к человеческим жилищам и могут питаться пищевыми отходами, как бродячие собаки и кошки. Только, в отличие от них, кеа прекрасно могут вскрыть жестяные и пластиковые банки, мусорные баки и прочее. Мало того, они таким образом могут изуродовать автомобили, выдирая из них разные детали.Везде, где кеа обитают, стоят плакаты, призывающие не кормить попугаев. Но люди всё равно их кормят, превращая дикую птицу в попрошайку.Кеа могут нападать на группы туристов с целью найти и отнять что-то съестное. Рюкзаки, сумочки, зонтики, кошельки и другие подобные вещи – все интересует попугаев своей новизной и необычностью. В горах, недалеко от их местообитания, периодически находят «заначки» – спрятанные и различным образом отсортированные предметы.

Попугаи Кеа давно известны орнитологам своим уникальным умом. Птица легко обучается, с легкостью решает логические задачи, различает цвета и обладает отличной памятью. Обезьяны не смогли пройти все те испытания, которые с легкостью преодолели кеа. Также кеа способны обучаться, просто наблюдая за сородичем. Они хорошо работают как самостоятельно, так и в команде.

Kea is a mountain parrot that surpasses monkeys in intelligence.⁠⁠

The Kea parrot (lat. Nestor notabilis) belongs to the genus Nestor of the family Strigopidae, but it differs significantly from its other representatives. In appearance, this bird is more like a raven or a falcon. The body length of the bird reaches 46 cm, and the weight varies between 0.6-1 kg, with males larger than females. The wingspan in flight reaches 1 m. The color of kea parrots is predominantly olive-green with a gray tint. And the feathers are edged with black, which creates the impression of scaly. The area under the wings of the kea is fiery orange, so during the flight the bird seems to be engulfed in flames. The head is bronze-green. The eyes of these parrots are dark brown with a thin eye ring of yellow color. The claws and beak have a darker shade. And the underside of the body is brownish-olive. The paws of these parrots are strong, powerful, gray. They help the bird to stay on any surface and ensure fast movement on it. The beak has an elongated curved upper part, which provides a deep grip. Because of its unusual structure, the kea is also called a falcon parrot. The female's beak is smaller, less curved and significantly shorter than the male's.

Kea parrots live exclusively in New Zealand. They can be found in the forests and valleys of the mountains of the South Island at an altitude of 600 to 2000 meters. In the summer, kea parrots live in bushes and alpine tundra. In the fall, they move to higher areas rich in berries. And in winter, these birds can be found near tourist houses, ski resorts, campsites. They have adapted to the harsh conditions so well that they enjoy swimming in puddles of icy water and tumbling in the snow.

Although keas eat plants, fruits and seeds, they will also eat animal food if the opportunity arises. These can be not only insects, small rodents, but also carrion. According to farmers, keas can even attack live sheep and kill them by pecking out the subcutaneous fat on their backs. But this does not happen very often and mainly during the winter hungry season, when the birds have to survive in a very harsh mountain climate.

Keas do not shy away from communication with humans. They willingly settle closer to human dwellings and can feed on food waste, like stray dogs and cats. However, unlike them, keas can easily open tin and plastic cans, garbage cans, etc. Moreover, they can damage cars by tearing out various parts. Everywhere where kea live, there are posters calling not to feed the parrots. But people still feed them, turning the wild bird into a beggar. Kea can attack groups of tourists in order to find and take away something edible. Backpacks, handbags, umbrellas, wallets and other similar things - everything interests parrots because of their novelty and unusualness. In the mountains, not far from their habitat, "stashes" are periodically found - hidden and variously sorted objects.

Kea parrots have long been known to ornithologists for their unique intelligence. The bird is easy to learn, easily solves logical problems, distinguishes colors and has an excellent memory. Monkeys could not pass all the tests that kea easily overcame. Kea are also able to learn simply by observing their relatives. They work well both independently and in teams.

Источник://parrotologia.com/species/parrot-kea/,/dzen.ru/a / XlZe6sxX7yNJsynI, /dzen.ru/a/ZktjUgR6Im6eO1zM, /sharker. livejournal.com/128651.html, //pikabu.ru/story/kea__gornyiy _ popugay_kotoryiy_po_umstvennyim_sposobnostyam_prevoskhodit_obezyan_4425421, //4parrots.ru/5450-popugaj-kea/.

[cinn-namon]

This is God Joel, God of the Sky as well as Lightning Storms and Violent Explosions. He has the epithet of the God of Arrogance. If you wish to hear more, send me an ask.

I designed him after the Kea, a parrot :3 Hopefully that came through in the design. Also this time I made my sketch huzzah :D

[sigmucron]

i had a really silly idea

inspired by this video by gianni mantragrano

[yourlocal-therian]

kea parrot with rainbow themes

[terebelli]

📸 Elise Fournier

[kitthefoxkin]

could i maybe get a red fox or a kea parrot mood board? tyyy <3

snowy red fox alterhuman moodboard and kea parrot alterhuman moodboard!

i just decided to do both since they were both very interesting to me! im also red fox link and red fox hearttype, so it was fun to make a board with my own critter >:3

i hope you like it friend!! ₍⸍⸌̣ʷ̣̫⸍̣⸌₎ﾉ♡

[drhoz]

This is a video of a kea parrot (nestor notabilis) trying to peck away at my rubber-soled sandal at Arthur's Pass in the interior of the South Island of New Zealand. Kea often seem to be almost human and are, indeed, very smart. They also have a very strange and curious preoccupation with rubber. Many a visitor parked up in the wilds of the South Island for a day or two has gone back to town minus the windscreen wipers or, worse still, the rubber around the windows. As you will see, this can even extend to investigation of footwear. Several kea came along and sat on a railing where I was, all awaiting their chance to have a go at my sandals! I've included a few still photos at the end. (Check out my website at a-maverick.com!)

[fucxingcuties]

[trahsfireahahhaa]

ah shit ive already looked up keas on youtube and its been two minutes

would you please give me some more bird facts

EVERYONE BE CALM EVERYONE STAY CALM EVERYONE STAY FUCKING CALM ITS HAPPENING ITS HAPPENING

here are some more bird facts that I know off the top of my head because I’m neurotypical and normal and definitely not autistic

- despite most being able to mimic humans and other animals, birds don’t actually have vocal chords like we do! instead of having a larynx, birds have a syrinx, which- instead of being located above the windpipe like our larynx- is actually positioned at the BASE of the windpipe. the syrinx produces sound by vibrating through the chest via muscle contraction- pushing out air through their beak kind of like a burp in a way! this is why when you see some birds call, you can see it sort of coming from their breast more than their throat

- I know I brought up hoatzins on the last post, but this is a different fact about them I promise!! hoatzins actually have a digestive system very similar to cows- the only bird in the world that we know of that uses foregut fermentation to digest their food. on the flip side of that, sometimes they’re referred to as ‘skunkbirds’ or ‘stinkbirds’ because they smell similar to cow dung

- kea- nicknamed ‘clowns of the mountain’- are not only incredibly intelligent but very silly and playful!! they literally have a call that specifically means ‘playtime!!’ in a group, they’re called a circus hehe .. I’m being serious about that btw that isn’t a joke look it up

- some parrots (like macaws) blush!! when they’re excited/pleased/stressed/etc they’re prone to growing pink in the face just like we do!

- hummingbirds have such good memory that they can recall things that happened or recall certain locations that they visited years ago. this is because their hippocampus takes up a huge portion of their brain!!

- turkeys have incredible eyesight! they can see like. three times better than 20/20 vision which is.. literally insane. their wide field of vision is like 270 degrees iirc?? it’s crazy

- puffins ‘kiss’ in order to strengthen their bonds!! they rub their beaks together with the ones they love as a way to show affection and trust to each other.. it’s literally so adorable it’s one of my favorite things ever

HOPE THESE ARE SATISFACTORY!!! o7 KEEP THOSE BIRD ASKS COMING FOLKS!!

[aubreyappears]

throwing and mischief violence (from keas - new zealand’s witty daredevils)

[therealdesastr]

Hey! This is Dr. Corrax, a vampire OC I made based on the Kea Parrot! I am just getting back into art maybe, so I dunno, maybe I can improve :)

[scottpartridge]

Day 9 of #migratorymay2025 hosted by @migratorymay is the intrepid Kea

[herpsandbirds]

Kea (Nestor notabilis), family Strigopidae, order Psittaciformes, found on the South Island of New Zealand

ENDANGERED.

A few ornithologists place this genus in its own family, Nestoridae, but this has not been widely adopted.

photograph by Pavlina Trauskeova

[wonda-ch]

'nope, i don't get it from this angle either'

[cosmopoliturtle]

Sky Thief

[antiqueanimals]

Natural History in Zoological Gardens, by Frank E. Beddard. Illustration by Winifred Austen. 1905.

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