Cockatoos display 30 distinct dance moves including headbanging and body rolls, suggesting complex cognitive abilities.

Think you've got better moves than a parrot? New research suggests you may want to reassess that. A study published in PLOS One has catalogued 30 distinct dance moves performed by cockatoos, with 17 of them never previously documented.

Head banging and body rolls are just some of the new moves scientists from Charles Sturt University in Australia have observed in cockatoos.