Meet Bruce, a captive kea parrot missing his upper beak, and the “first example of a disabled animal of any species individually achieving and maintaining alpha male status through behavioral ...

While the kea parrot’s beak would normally be considered essential for survival, Bruce has innovated other ways of commanding ...

A parrot missing half his beak is top bird at New Zealand’s Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. The parrot, named Bruce, wins every fight with other kea parrots and gets priority access to food, researchers ...

Bruce the kea is missing his entire upper beak. Yet he is the alpha bird of his circus (the apt collective noun for a group ...

Learn how a kea parrot in New Zealand missing its upper beak became an undefeated alpha male by developing a “jousting” fighting technique through behavioral innovation. Bruce is missing his entire ...

"The bird missing his upper beak has rewritten what disability means for behaviorally complex species." ...

A case has been confirmed of an endangered parrot that lost its upper beak rising to the top rank within its group by ...

NEW ZEALAND (KGO) -- Researchers call Parrots' laughter infectious. Scientists believe Kea Parrots in New Zealand have a play call, and they may be the first non-mammals to have their laugh recorded.

COLUMN. Deprived of the upper half of his beak, this New Zealand kea, rescued by the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in 2013, has ...

Bruce the kea is missing his entire upper beak. Yet he is the alpha bird of his circus (the apt collective noun for a group of New Zealand's famously playful alpine parrots).