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archive.today • Freakishly Smart Falcons Run These Islands - The New York Times

The success of wild striated caracaras in a test suggests that the intellects of more bird species may be underestimated.

If you heard there were faraway islands full of hyperintelligent birds, you would be forgiven for assuming that they must be parrots or crows — the superstars of the brainy bird world. But travel to the Falkland Islands near the Argentine coast, and you’ll find not parrots or crows but freakishly smart falcons called striated caracaras.