Sentences with phrase «kea parrots»

Kea parrots are keen problem solvers and can use sticks and string to push or pull food into reach.

Kea parrots are renowned thieves in their native New Zealand, and with good reason — even a complicated sequence of locks can't foil them.

Not exact matches

Even the most ancient of the parrot species they studied, the Kea of New Zealand, has a shell structure — albeit rudimentary.

We also included species postulated to descend from deep nodes in their orders to break up potentially long branches, such as the kea for parrots (Psittaciformes) and the rifleman for songbirds (Passeriformes).

Her primary area of work is on the neural underpinning of visually - based behaviour in jumping spiders - but she also likes working on kea, the «clever» mountain parrots of New Zealand, due to her interest in mountains and skiing.

This afternoon, we'll explore the Fiordland wilderness on foot to check out some of its endemic flora and fauna, like the kea (Nestor notabilis), New Zealand's notoriously cheeky and intelligent alpine parrot and the kotukutuku (Fuchsia excorticate), the world's largest fuchsia.

Take time to stop for coffee on the way and you may be treated to some cheeky attention from the native and curious parrot, the Kea.

At the summit we stop at the lookout for the views and to watch the mischievous antics of the keas (mountain parrots).

From Christchurch travel alongside the Waimakariri River, pass through the home of the cheeky Kea (native New Zealand parrot), Arthurs Pass National Park and on through theOtira Tunnel to the West Coast, a place of so much natural beauty and wonder you are spoilt for choice.