The Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo is one of the most instantly recognisable Australian birds. Big, loud and mischievous. Some people love them, some people ... not so much. But they're smart birds that deserve an episode of their own, so let's do it.

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Notes:

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo: https://ebird.org/species/succoc
Powder Down: https://www.birdnote.org/podcasts/birdnote-daily/powder-down
Episode 57 - Parrots: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1733312/episodes/14752840-parrots
Vocal mimicry in parrots: https://www.miragenews.com/vocal-mimicry-in-parrots-why-they-repeat-human-1029293/
Syrinx: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982222013112
Cockatoos raid bins: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-09-13/cockatoos-cockies-bin-lid-flip-culture-bricks-bird-cognition/101424194