While battling bushfires in the Southern Highlands, rural firefighters have come to the aid of a feathered friend.

The firefighters from the Southern Highlands Rural Fire Service brigade came across a "very thirsty" cockatoo at a fire near the small village of Taralga. The team took time and tended to the need of the wildlife affected by the fire.

The encounter was filmed by RFS fireman Paul Sloan and uploaded to social media with the caption "Our Firefighters assist a very thirsty Cockatoo at the fire near Taralga."

The video shows a the cockatoo resting on a firefighters arm while another gives it water from a bottle.