Preliminary observations of tool use in captive hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-52

  Borsari, Andressa ^a   Ottoni, Eduardo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus; Birds; Foraging; Parrots; Tool use

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUT; PARROT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NUTS; PARROTS;

ANIMALIA; ANODORHYNCHUS; ANODORHYNCHUS HYACINTHINUS; AVES; HYACINTHUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 11944271864     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-004-0221-3     Document Type: Article

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