Snowball (cockatoo)

Snowball
SpeciesEleonora cockatoo (Cacatua galerita eleonora)
SexMale
Hatched1996 (age 27–28)
Nation fromUnited States
Known forBeat perception and synchronization
OwnerIrena Schulz

Snowball (hatched c. 1996) is a male Eleonora cockatoo, noted as being the first non-human animal conclusively demonstrated to be capable of beat induction:[1] perceiving music and synchronizing his body movements to the beat (i.e. dancing). He currently holds the Guinness World Record for most dance moves by a bird.[2]

  1. ^ Patel, Aniruddh D.; Iversen, John R.; Bregman, Micah R.; Schulz, Irena (2009). "Experimental Evidence for Synchronization to a Musical Beat in a Nonhuman Animal". Current Biology. 19 (10): 827–30. Bibcode:2009CBio...19..827P. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.03.038. PMID 19409790.
  2. ^ "Most dance moves by a bird". Guinness World Records. Retrieved May 4, 2023.