Tag: Falklands' Caracara

• Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  The astonishing sagacity and intelligence of Falklands Caracaras revealed in an IFLScience report

  

  Scientists challenging the problem-solving capacities of rare birds of prey on the Falkland Islands have found them astonishingly quick to learn when food is on offer – and remember those skills a year later. The finding supports Darwin’s assessment of the birds’ remarkable intelligence when he visited during the voyage of the Beagle, and also shows the sorts of intelligence we most admire are more widespread among birds than has previously been acknowledged.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 23:43 UTC

  Falklands' Johnny Rook cognitive abilities break all records

  

  A team of comparative cognition researchers at the Messerli Research Institute from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, working with a colleague from Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, in Argentina, has found that a type of falcon can perform as well as Goffin's cockatoos (parrots) in solving puzzles to gain a food reward, a remarkable sign of avian intelligence.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 08:26 UTC

  Falklands' Caracara “Louie” prank: it again escapes from London Zoo, but two days later was back

  

  A bird of prey, a caracara from the Falkland Islands escaped London Zoo for the second time in 18 months on Sunday, soaring out of the grounds during a meet the animals show for families. The striated caracara named “Louie”, sparked a search of nearby Regent’s Park which left picnickers stunned by the sight of zookeepers waving around a dead rat on a stick in an attempt to coax it back.