Discovery of species-wide tool use in the Hawaiian crow

Author:

James, Richard, Klump, Barbara C., Komarczyk, Lisa, Kramer, Joshua, Leighton, Rosanna, Masuda, Bryce M., Morrissey, Michael B., Rutz, Christian, St Clair, James J. H., Sugasawa, Shoko, Switzer, Richard, Wischnewski, Saskia

Title:

Discovery of species-wide tool use in the Hawaiian crow

Periodical:

Nature

Year:

2016

Volume:

537

Pages:

12

Subject:

ʻAlala Corvus hawaiiensis Endangered species birds Forest birds Hawaiian crow

Summary:

ʻAlala is extinct in the wild and exists only in captive breeding. The authors observed that tool use is part of the natural behavioral repertoire of the ʻAlala (Corvus hawaiiensis; Hawaiian crow) species. Another species, the New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides), has sophisticated too-making skills as well. ʻAlala and New Caledonian crows are distantly related, suggesting that tool-related adaptations evolved convergently.

Label:

Birds - General

Date:

September 15, 2016

Collection:

Periodicals