Understanding What Kea Calls Mean (How To Speak Kea)

This week I’m answering I get asked frequently by people who come to visit us in the aviary at Willowbank, which is “What are the birds saying when they do that?“ While we can’t know for certain what is happening inside a parrot’s head, we do have quite a lot of information on when and where kea make different calls and from that we can take a pretty good guess at what each call type could mean. Information on the context various calls are made in come from a pair of papers by Dr Ximena Nelson. Have a read here: --- Consider making a donation to help protect kea in the wild! Kea Conservation Trust NZ ​​ South Island Wildlife Hospital ​​ Come and visit the kea! ​​ Fi