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Clever Cocky

Clever Cocky

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The Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo is one of the most instantly recognisable Australian birds. Big, loud and mischievous. Some people love them, some people ... not so much. But they're smart birds that deserve an episode of their own, so let's do it.

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Notes:

  • Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo: https://ebird.org/species/succoc
  • Powder Down: https://www.birdnote.org/podcasts/birdnote-daily/powder-down
  • Episode 57 - Parrots: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1733312/episodes/14752840-parrots
  • Vocal mimicry in parrots: https://www.miragenews.com/vocal-mimicry-in-parrots-why-they-repeat-human-1029293/
  • Syrinx: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982222013112
  • Cockatoos raid bins: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-09-13/cockatoos-cockies-bin-lid-flip-culture-bricks-bird-cognition/101424194
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