{"id":27260,"date":"2019-10-30T00:24:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T05:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=27260"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:51:15","slug":"meet-the-kea-new-zealands-naughty-alpine-parrot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/meet-the-kea-new-zealands-naughty-alpine-parrot\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Kea: New Zealand&#8217;s Naughty Alpine Parrot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44726\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44726\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kea-parrot-px-2138420-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"kea parrot standing on pavement with beak open\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kea-parrot-px-2138420-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kea-parrot-px-2138420-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kea-parrot-px-2138420-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kea-parrot-px-2138420.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/kea-mountain-parrot-naughty-2138420\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barni1\/Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When we think of parrots foraging for food in the wild, we imagine them flying or walking about to feast on seeds, buds, seedlings, berries, flower blossoms, and perhaps consuming the occasional insect. What doesn\u2019t usually come to mind is a bird supplementing its diet by feasting on mammals (unless, of course, it is a bird of prey, such as an owl, hawk or eagle). Then again, Kea parrots are unique among parrots in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>Their nickname as the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qu9FI1maVqY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">naughty alpine parrot<\/a>\u201d is quite telling. The \u201calpine\u201d part is in reference to the Kea\u2019s native range of the forested and alpine region of New Zealand\u2019s South Island, which makes the Kea the only mountain parrot. The \u201cnaughty\u201d part references the Kea\u2019s well-documented explorative nature, that often includes fearless encounters with people. The bird is also referred to as the \u201cclown of the mountains,\u201d and has become its own tourist attraction.<\/p>\n<p>These mostly olive-green parrots with splashes of bright orange feathers under the wings, have long, narrow, curved beaks that seems ideal for picking things apart. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uGtWxq7aH9Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Videos<\/a> and photos abound online that show Keas rummaging through tourists\u2019 backpacks, bags, coolers, shoes, and ski equipment. They also appear to have a penchant for picking apart and stripping off the rubber areas of cars, such as around the windows, and antennas as if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OMLpPoOeays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cars were chew toys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Parrots that Prey on Sheep!<\/h3>\n<p>The Kea has been part of local lore since the mid-1860s when sheep farmers began inhabiting the area. Stories of farmers finding sheep with wounds on their sides began to emerge. Some told of seeing keas on sheeps\u2019 backs and attacking them. Whether or not Keas were actually attacking sheep was up for debate, that is, until 1992. That\u2019s when Keas\u2019 nocturnal assaults were captured on <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=waF6bAiH-So\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a><\/u>. Scientists believe that, some but not all, Kea parrots use their long, curved beaks and claws to tear through the wool and eat fat from a sheep\u2019s back. The kea might be inclined to seek sources of fat to help them survive their cold climate. The bird doesn\u2019t kill the sheep but there is the possibility that the sheep could succumb infection as a result of its injury.<\/p>\n<p>Keas are a protected species, but it is said that they were rarely captured in the wild for the pet trade\u2014they tended to be highly destructive when in captivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s talk about a parrot that might be scary to some people\u2014one that can be carnivorous, resides where no other parrot dare ventures and, for fun, seems to enjoy wreaking havoc on the tourists who visit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet The Kea: New Zealand&#039;s Naughty Alpine Parrot &#8211; 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