Birds That Outsmart Primates With Tools

Birds Smarter Than Apes With Tools Radiocity By Radiocity Team Published Jul 22, 2025 [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

New Caledonian Crow Famous for bending twigs into hooks, this crow solves multi-step puzzles and rivals chimps in tool use. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Woodpecker Finch Found in the Galápagos, it crafts twigs and cactus spines to extract insects from tree bark and holes. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Goffin’s Cockatoo Creates composite tools from cardboard and wood, showing rare foresight and creativity in captivity. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Kea Parrot New Zealand’s alpine parrot solves mechanical puzzles, uses objects to access food, and even cooperates with peers. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Egyptian Vulture Uses rocks to smash ostrich eggs, showing one of the earliest observed examples of avian tool use in the wild. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

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