The smartest birds in the world
The top 3 according to 31 votes from people: New Caledonian crow · Kea · Common raven. (Updated Sep 1, 2019.)
Crows that make tools, parrots that understand words, jays that remember everything: the birds that have surprised scientists most. Which is the cleverest?
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Top 14
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1
New Caledonian crow
It makes hooks from twigs to catch grubs.
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2
Kea
The New Zealand parrot that opens latches and takes cars apart.
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3
Common raven
One of the biggest bird brains, and it loves to play.
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4
Goffin's cockatoo
It makes tools and can wait for a better reward.
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5
Eurasian magpie
The first non-mammal to pass the mirror test.
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6
Rook
It raises the water level by dropping stones, as in Aesop's fable.
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7
Jackdaw
It follows a human's gaze to find hidden food.
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8
Fork-tailed drongo
It mimics other animals' alarm calls to steal their food.
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9
Pinyon jay
It works out its social rank by watching others.
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10
African grey parrot
Alex, studied for thirty years, understood dozens of words.
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11
Clark's nutcracker
It remembers thousands of seed caches.
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12
California scrub jay
It remembers what, where and when it hid its food.
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13
Eurasian jay
The male picks gifts to suit his mate's tastes.
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14
Woodpecker finch
The Galápagos finch that uses cactus spines as tools.
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