Destructive Kea NZ. (Nestor notabilis), Meet the parrot thats as smart as a monkey: New Zealands own kea. Dubbed the Clown of the Alps, this bird is heralded as the worlds most intelligent bird. Its also heralded as the cheekiest. A permanent resident of New Zealands mountains (and the world's only alpine parrot), the kea is one of the few large birds in the Land of the Long White Cloud that hasnt forgotten how to fly. Catch a glimpse of a kea in flight and you wont forget it, either: the bird transforms from sleek olive-green to brilliant flashes of bright orange, scarlet and yellow

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