Journal
BEHAVIOUR
Volume 156, Issue 5-8, Pages 661-690Publisher
BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003523
Keywords
Goffin's cockatoo; Tanimbar corella; foraging ecology; extractive foraging
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- Indonesian Government
- Ministry of Research Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia [6D/TKPIPA/FRP/SM/VI/2015, 410/SIP/FRP/E5/Dit.KI/XII/2016]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 29075, P 29084, J 4169]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P29084] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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When tested under laboratory conditions, Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) demonstrate numerous sophisticated cognitive skills. Most importantly, this species has shown the ability to manufacture and use tools. However, little is known about the ecology of these cockatoos, endemic to the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia. Here we provide first insights into the feeding-and socio-ecology of the wild Goffin's cockatoos and propose potential links between their behaviour in natural settings and their advanced problem-solving capacities shown in captivity. Observational data suggests that Goffin's cockatoos rely on a large variety of partially seasonal resources. Furthermore, several food types require different extraction techniques. These ecological and behavioural characteristics fall in line with current hypotheses regarding the evolution of complex cognition and innovativeness. We discuss how the efficiency of (extractive) foraging may preclude tool use in wild Goffin's cockatoos, even though the corresponding cognitive and ecological prerequisites seem to be present.
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