I have a Parrotlet and can vouch for this. When I call his name, which is Clyde, he answers with the same distinct chirp every time and purks his head up. He also says "I wanna come out" when I walk up to his cage, and keep in mind I didn't teach him the "I" part, because I would always say "you" want to come out. He was able to learn to use "I" on his own. He also yells through the door "take a shower" when I am heading into do that, despite not being able to see me. He tells me when he wants water, food etc. They are so intelligent, more intelligent then some people I have run into. You learn a lot about yourself, like that I said "Oh shit" when I drop stuff, now he does the same. The point is they aren't just mimicking our language, they actually know the meaning of what they are saying! Love him to pieces, he is six years old and I have had him since he was being hand fed. No better pet then a parrot (as long as you have the time to give them the large amount of attention they require)!
I live with 2 African grey parrots. They have created a name for me: "Me." They make separate noises for different wants: food in general, go to their cage, go to the kitchen, go to where I am, telling me someone is outside, saying the name of the person outside (if it is a person they know). When I leave home, I say, "Be right back." One of the birds will say, "Be right back" only when she sees me picking up keys.
When my TV turns off at night, without fail, "Its bedtime, Bruener". And when the phone rings she doesn't react to the ring, she knows exactly when I answer and says "hello" 1/4 second before I do. And she often carries on her own dialogue lol. "Yep. Okay. Um....(jobberish). Hahahaha (sighs). Uh-huh. What? No. No biting. Stop being bad. You go outside! I love you though. Yup. Alright. You too. Okay bye."
I also agree that most parrots is not just mimicking. They know the meaning to the word. My Mango is 16- months old budgie that has a vocabulary of 121 words so far and at least 127 different phrases/sentences. When I teach him a word/phrase/sentence, I show him the action so he can relate. Mango can tell colors because I named his easter egg toys according to their colors. When we count, I also do the action. When I say "Let's watch T.V.", I immediately do the action so he can understand.
This was fabulous! Having raised a parrot or two I knew they understood what they were saying, that it had a reference for them and it wasn't just for treats. I will have to share this !!!Thank you for posting!
I got a huge kick out of your example of Bob. My Goffin's Cockatoo's name is Bob. He says his name all the time, but he also knows my name and calls my mom Grandma. When grandma goes out of town he calls her name a lot more often.
The language in prairie dogs is equally as complex,to the point where they have adjectives that describe in detail a predator, a benign person approaching them, etc.
My 38 year old (wild caught) Red Lored Amazon made up a name for me. He calls me "Joe Honey". As common as the name Joe is, I don't have any friends with that name and never used it around my bird.
I remind you that this was 38 years ago when the last thing on my mind at the time was to bring him home. I agree with the bans but am GRATEFUL that he has a loving home. NO health issues in 38 years. Thank you
Very cool! I thought the "names" would come from learning rather than genetics because of the way my own "flock" of parakeets addresses me. Although they recognize their own "English Language" names, we all (including me) respond to specific parakeet calls.
Agreed. For example, my macaws will ask to be picked up, tell us when they want food, etc. That's not just random mimicry, they know what they are asking for.
...very cool. I would think that whales, dolphin and elephants might have names because of their tight and long lasting familial bonds and intelligence. Maybe no one has studied/verified/documented that yet though...
try not reinforcing negative behavior. When your parrot exhibits negative behaviors do not respond by scolding or otherwise providing attention to the bird. What works best for screeching is to not say anything and just cover the cage completely with a sheet. Leave sheet in place only for 5 minutes or soon after the bird stops screeching. Your parrot will soon learn that screeching results in the cage being covered. It is important not to leave the cage covered longer than 5 mins or lesson lost.
This. If you react aggressively, they are seeing that as attention and will know going forward this behavior emits a funny response. Wait until they don't think you're reacting to the behavior and cover the cage with a blanket. That just tells them it's time to sleep
That was really interesting and amazing! I have two parrotlets, and they both know their names: Sweet Pea and Kiwi. I got each when they were 7 weeks old, so it makes me wonder what names their parents gave them :)!
Great video,It just goes to help intrench the whole nature vs nurture debate. It also shows the overwhelming evidence that as homo sapiens,we are nothing more than an apex species which re-interprets this fact to assume that we are descendant or cast from some type of divine entity. Your video is a great way to demonstrate the cascading behaviours of other non human mammals, with the only difference being the complexity of such traits- with us at the top and others below. cheers from Australia
I have an Oranged Winged Amazon. She was a wild caught bird. She's going to be 31. She does have a name for me and a different one for my son. She has always made to same sound to get my attention. My Yellow Naped Amazon is 3 and a talker who was bred in this country. When he wants me, he calls my son's name in my voice.
Minshino That was your choice. This parrot that I have had for 32 wasn't being purchased as nobody wanted her because she wasn't a talker. She was there before they stopped importing them. She is a very loving bird and very much part of my family. I am glad to have her and can't imagine my life without her.
Chuck, thank you so much. My husband has been threatening to harm her if she doesn't stop. I told him he was reinforcing her behavior. I'll try this! I love her and have had her for 19 years.
Wow! What an amazing study. I have two birds. One is a brown-headed parrot named Jimmy and he knows variations of his name (Jim, Jimmy-bird, Jimmy-immy). The other is a green cheeked conure named Bubba and he seems to have chosen this own name as "B." He will occasionally say, "Hey, bubba" but 95% of the time he says, "Hi, B. Hi, B." We did not teach him this; it's something he came up with himself. They also talk in context but that's another matter entirely. :-)
Indeed the level of smarts these creatures have! My 30 yo Amazon associates words with actions just like a child of 2-4 years old and uses language to communicate, not just to imitate. I love him dearly and he is my best friend. Thanks for the awesome vid!
This is no surprise. I have a 6.5 year old Parrotlet and he knows his name and a bunch of other words and phrases which he says, and he knows what they mean, and to change You to I when he is speaking. They are absolutely amazing!
I have a green-rumped parrotlet and this was fascinating. I was about to say I wonder what she's saying to me but I'm pretty sure it's almost always 'where is the millet?'
Fascinating! Now the next question is: who assigns the names? The parents or the chicks themselves? I imagine you'd have to work backwards from the point of "name" ID and see who "said" it first; the parents or the chicks? I'd be interested to know the answer!
I don't know how my 2 birds learned their names but they use them in clever ways. They know the meanings of several words and I've witnessed them putting words together to get certain things. I am absolutely certain, they are not just mimics. They use language to communicate. Of that I have no doubt. It would be an interesting study to try to decipher the actual language parrots use with each other in the wild.
I don't hear names, but I hear a clear discussion among the parents and the chicks about the amount of money they will donate to Greenpeace, this year.
Thank you, nogero7! You express my sentiments exactly! Apparently, not too many people think like we do...or maybe they don't have time to respond...anyway, it makes me happy to know that there is at least one person out there who thinks like I do! ( :
these parrots are amazing. i did not know they choose their own name. its wonderful. thank you. but i didnot understand how do they mimic people's voice. and why dont they mimic animals sounds in forest????????. please let me know.
A number of us are also quite aware of it but self preservation is a strong instinct. I have a nutritional deficiency that causes me to require a lot of protein just to survive. The only way I can get enough protein is through meats, Trust me, I've tried supplementing it via beans and veggies and all that, doesn't work. So does that make me ignorant due to having no other choice? I'm hoping you don't think so, sadly some vegans have in the past. I love animals a lot, but I love being alive too.
There are laws forbidding many wild parrots from being captured and bred from the wild. Many pet birds/parrots have been bred in captivity and have been domesticated for three generations or more. Instead of attacking loving bird owners, why don't you concentrate your efforts on poachers, deforestation, and breeders that just want to make money. I always buy from breeders who come to houses and make sure the environment (toys, cage, foods) are in place and great before they will sell.
A dog has been domesticated yet you can have a pet wolf that is tamed. The same for parrots - they are not domesticated. They are wild animals that have gotten used to captivity. In their hearts though, they still maintain that wildness. I used to have pet parrots as a kid but I will never have another one. It's cruel to keep birds in cages. They have wings to fly out free.
this may be the first, but there might be an earlier study. there was a study reported last year how the wild parrots in australia were learning human words from feral parrots. i also have some cross-species communication evidence if anyone is interested.
Oh mine all have the capability to learn and problem solve..observing rather than dismissing their intelligence is the key to learning about the domesticated birds in my aviary.
I agree - I think most of the parrots really do get the context, and are not just mimicking. My parakeet, who is an excellent mimic, seems to understand parts of speech (grammar), but I don't think he understands words in context nearly to the extent that, say, your birds do, if he understands context at all. (And that's OK - he's great just like he is, and since I love linguistics and grammar, it's truly fascinating for me.)
Hi there, just wondering A) how do the chicks differentiate their parent's call/voice from other adults (and would they still perk up for feeding if another adult came?). B) How do you guys recognise that the chicks sound either like their biological parents or their foster? Cheers.
Wouldn't this be very similar to a human child living part of his/her life in, say, the US, then moving to England and eventually having an English accent?
It has to be the parent for the choices you gave for two reasons: the chicks haven't fully developed their communication (but they can still communicate like a baby mumbling) and the chicks depend on mimicry.
In a nest of several baby parrots, how do they each learn which name to attribute to themselves and not to one of their siblings? How do the parents teach an individual baby in a nest full of siblings?
Definitely not cruel!! In fact they sound like celebrities! Cruel is a very subjective word and I think people need to be a little more discriminate in the way they use the term. Cheers.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video of the parrolets. I have 5 eggs in my nest box now from my parrolets . I hope they open soon i am getting worried
Um Faye... not all parrots and their relatives live in rainforest-like areas... One example is the kea, where it lives in the mountainous areas of New Zealand. I know it's not a pet species. But, it's an example nonetheless. Another one though is the budgerigar, where it primarily lives in the desert-like areas of Australia.
You are correct I live backing onto a bush reserve in one of the hill suburbs in Wellington, New Zealand and have a group of about 15 Kaka that call in nearly every day. They like nesting in the hollows of large trees but are at home in the suburbs.
when i adopted my parrot coo coo, he heard me calling my other birds by nick names , their name with berry at the end, then one day coo coo flew to me and insisted ,coo coo berry, he said it clear as day, and now responds only to coo coo berry
That depends on your definition of cruel. Do you understand that birds in the wild spend approx. 60% of their time finding food, and 40% trying not to BE food? My 'caged' parrots sleep in their cages, but have lots of out time, eat better (and healthier) than we do, have more toys than our friends' human children, and have their own backyard aviary to play/sun in. They PREFER to be in the house with their humans. They are fully flighted. None have ever tried to escape. Cruel? They say no.
Anyone who has shared their home with a parrot can tell Biologist Karl Berg that they may mimic, but more that they use words in a cognitive manner. The information he gave such as naming etc, sounds more cognitive than 'mimic'.
Not all of them are happy. My parrot is certainly happy though. And I love him. There will always be shitty owners, as with any type of pet. We need to educate people about parrots and prevent them from making the wrong choice of pet.
I have a Parrotlet and can vouch for this. When I call his name, which is Clyde, he answers with the same distinct chirp every time and purks his head up. He also says "I wanna come out" when I walk up to his cage, and keep in mind I didn't teach him the "I" part, because I would always say "you" want to come out. He was able to learn to use "I" on his own. He also yells through the door "take a shower" when I am heading into do that, despite not being able to see me. He tells me when he wants water, food etc. They are so intelligent, more intelligent then some people I have run into. You learn a lot about yourself, like that I said "Oh shit" when I drop stuff, now he does the same. The point is they aren't just mimicking our language, they actually know the meaning of what they are saying! Love him to pieces, he is six years old and I have had him since he was being hand fed. No better pet then a parrot (as long as you have the time to give them the large amount of attention they require)!
I live with 2 African grey parrots. They have created a name for me: "Me." They make separate noises for different wants: food in general, go to their cage, go to the kitchen, go to where I am, telling me someone is outside, saying the name of the person outside (if it is a person they know). When I leave home, I say, "Be right back." One of the birds will say, "Be right back" only when she sees me picking up keys.
When my TV turns off at night, without fail, "Its bedtime, Bruener". And when the phone rings she doesn't react to the ring, she knows exactly when I answer and says "hello" 1/4 second before I do. And she often carries on her own dialogue lol. "Yep. Okay. Um....(jobberish). Hahahaha (sighs). Uh-huh. What? No. No biting. Stop being bad. You go outside! I love you though. Yup. Alright. You too. Okay bye."
I also agree that most parrots is not just mimicking. They know the meaning to the word. My Mango is 16- months old budgie that has a vocabulary of 121 words so far and at least 127 different phrases/sentences. When I teach him a word/phrase/sentence, I show him the action so he can relate. Mango can tell colors because I named his easter egg toys according to their colors. When we count, I also do the action. When I say "Let's watch T.V.", I immediately do the action so he can understand.
Maybe empty-nesters should just get a bird ahhah, if you somehow see this I'd love to get a status update on Mango :)
This was fabulous! Having raised a parrot or two I knew they understood what they were saying, that it had a reference for them and it wasn't just for treats. I will have to share this !!!Thank you for posting!
"Hey, I'm Bob. I'm Bob. I found some food, in gonna go that way. I'm Bob." OMG, I can't help but laugh at that EVERYTIME!! xD
I love videos like this.
The internet has made me knowledgeable about all kinds of useless things.
Thanks for a wonderfully CLEAR depiction of this wonderful evidence.
I got a huge kick out of your example of Bob. My Goffin's Cockatoo's name is Bob. He says his name all the time, but he also knows my name and calls my mom Grandma. When grandma goes out of town he calls her name a lot more often.
The language in prairie dogs is equally as complex,to the point where they have adjectives that describe in detail a predator, a benign person approaching them, etc.
Absolutely facinating. Plus those little chicks were adoreable. The parents were very pretty as well.
My 38 year old (wild caught) Red Lored Amazon made up a name for me. He calls me "Joe Honey". As common as the name Joe is, I don't have any friends with that name and never used it around my bird.
thanks for fuelling the illegal and destructive wildlife trade
I remind you that this was 38 years ago when the last thing on my mind at the time was to bring him home. I agree with the bans but am GRATEFUL that he has a loving home. NO health issues in 38 years. Thank you
@@redhummingbird171 Are you serious? SMH. You are deluded to think all captive birds are illegally wild caught. They are CAPTIVE BORN AND BRED!
NineCatsz Wow that’s a 4 year comment you’re replying.
And he specifically said it was wild caught. Learn to read better before speaking.
Damn, I knew parrots were amazing, but this is just...wow.
never underestimate the power in a birds brain!
Very cool! I thought the "names" would come from learning rather than genetics because of the way my own "flock" of parakeets addresses me. Although they recognize their own "English Language" names, we all (including me) respond to specific parakeet calls.
0:26 "Now kiss!"
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Amazing, makes me like my sons parrot more
Very interesting! Thank you. 😊👍
Loved this....glad I found your channel!
Agreed. For example, my macaws will ask to be picked up, tell us when they want food, etc. That's not just random mimicry, they know what they are asking for.
This is absolutely beyond amazing! Thank you
...very cool. I would think that whales, dolphin and elephants might have names because of their tight and long lasting familial bonds and intelligence. Maybe no one has studied/verified/documented that yet though...
Dolphins have individual `names` too, i saw it in one documentary.
try not reinforcing negative behavior. When your parrot exhibits negative behaviors do not respond by scolding or otherwise providing attention to the bird. What works best for screeching is to not say anything and just cover the cage completely with a sheet. Leave sheet in place only for 5 minutes or soon after the bird stops screeching. Your parrot will soon learn that screeching results in the cage being covered. It is important not to leave the cage covered longer than 5 mins or lesson lost.
This. If you react aggressively, they are seeing that as attention and will know going forward this behavior emits a funny response. Wait until they don't think you're reacting to the behavior and cover the cage with a blanket. That just tells them it's time to sleep
That was really interesting and amazing! I have two parrotlets, and they both know their names: Sweet Pea and Kiwi. I got each when they were 7 weeks old, so it makes me wonder what names their parents gave them :)!
I let my bird choose his own name... bad idea. He only answers to Thraknar, Slayer of Hairless Apes!
Great video,It just goes to help intrench the whole nature vs nurture debate. It also shows the overwhelming evidence that as homo sapiens,we are nothing more than an apex species which re-interprets this fact to assume that we are descendant or cast from some type of divine entity.
Your video is a great way to demonstrate the cascading behaviours of other non human mammals, with the only difference being the complexity of such traits- with us at the top and others below. cheers from Australia
I have an Oranged Winged Amazon. She was a wild caught bird. She's going to be 31. She does have a name for me and a different one for my son. She has always made to same sound to get my attention. My Yellow Naped Amazon is 3 and a talker who was bred in this country. When he wants me, he calls my son's name in my voice.
I got her 32 years ago before they were bred in this country.
Minshino That was your choice. This parrot that I have had for 32 wasn't being purchased as nobody wanted her because she wasn't a talker. She was there before they stopped importing them. She is a very loving bird and very much part of my family. I am glad to have her and can't imagine my life without her.
Now THAT is deserving of a Ph.D. Great work Dr. Berg.
Chuck, thank you so much. My husband has been threatening to harm her if she doesn't stop. I told him he was reinforcing her behavior. I'll try this!
I love her and have had her for 19 years.
Wow! What an amazing study.
I have two birds. One is a brown-headed parrot named Jimmy and he knows variations of his name (Jim, Jimmy-bird, Jimmy-immy). The other is a green cheeked conure named Bubba and he seems to have chosen this own name as "B." He will occasionally say, "Hey, bubba" but 95% of the time he says, "Hi, B. Hi, B." We did not teach him this; it's something he came up with himself. They also talk in context but that's another matter entirely. :-)
This is pretty amazing. Really enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing.
Indeed the level of smarts these creatures have! My 30 yo Amazon associates words with actions just like a child of 2-4 years old and uses language to communicate, not just to imitate. I love him dearly and he is my best friend. Thanks for the awesome vid!
This is no surprise. I have a 6.5 year old Parrotlet and he knows his name and a bunch of other words and phrases which he says, and he knows what they mean, and to change You to I when he is speaking. They are absolutely amazing!
I have a green-rumped parrotlet and this was fascinating. I was about to say I wonder what she's saying to me but I'm pretty sure it's almost always 'where is the millet?'
LOVE this! thankyou!
My Macaw is speaking English in a context of what is going on. I am sure that there is a lot more about parrots.
Carl is Brilliant! I raise Parrotlets and have observed they learn names rather quickly. The males even mimic them.
wish i had a job like carl's, working on something he love and not worrying about anything else.
wow, this is amazing. I love birds so much!!!!!
Fascinating video. Thank you!
Fascinating! Now the next question is: who assigns the names? The parents or the chicks themselves? I imagine you'd have to work backwards from the point of "name" ID and see who "said" it first; the parents or the chicks? I'd be interested to know the answer!
I don't know how my 2 birds learned their names but they use them in clever ways. They know the meanings of several words and I've witnessed them putting words together to get certain things. I am absolutely certain, they are not just mimics. They use language to communicate. Of that I have no doubt. It would be an interesting study to try to decipher the actual language parrots use with each other in the wild.
amazing! thanks 4 upload.
"hey I'm bob, I'm bob"
I don't hear names, but I hear a clear discussion among the parents and the chicks about the amount of money they will donate to Greenpeace, this year.
Lol!
Greenpeace is rich enough.
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amazing...and very interesting information!
Thank you, nogero7! You express my sentiments exactly! Apparently, not too many people think like we do...or maybe they don't have time to respond...anyway, it makes me happy to know that there is at least one person out there who thinks like I do! ( :
These babies are so cute
these parrots are amazing. i did not know they choose their own name. its wonderful. thank you. but i didnot understand how do they mimic people's voice. and why dont they mimic animals sounds in forest????????. please let me know.
probebly becuse of going insane by captivity and lack of social interactions
A number of us are also quite aware of it but self preservation is a strong instinct. I have a nutritional deficiency that causes me to require a lot of protein just to survive. The only way I can get enough protein is through meats, Trust me, I've tried supplementing it via beans and veggies and all that, doesn't work. So does that make me ignorant due to having no other choice? I'm hoping you don't think so, sadly some vegans have in the past. I love animals a lot, but I love being alive too.
I heard of an African Grey that ordered a bunch of snacks using Alexa.
"Strawberries.
Strawberries.
Strawberries.
Peanut."
I believe it
thank you for this video! very cool
very good video interesting and can you please tell me what food u give to them while breeding they look very healthy .
This was very interesting. Thank you.
i got a little upset when they swapped the eggs :/ but great video anyway! i lol'd when he said: 'they all PERK UP' and bam! ALL EYES WIDE OPEN :D
The first parrot in this video is an Amazona Ventralis endemic from the Dominican Republic. I love this bird.
There are laws forbidding many wild parrots from being captured and bred from the wild. Many pet birds/parrots have been bred in captivity and have been domesticated for three generations or more.
Instead of attacking loving bird owners, why don't you concentrate your efforts on poachers, deforestation, and breeders that just want to make money. I always buy from breeders who come to houses and make sure the environment (toys, cage, foods) are in place and great before they will sell.
A dog has been domesticated yet you can have a pet wolf that is tamed. The same for parrots - they are not domesticated. They are wild animals that have gotten used to captivity. In their hearts though, they still maintain that wildness. I used to have pet parrots as a kid but I will never have another one. It's cruel to keep birds in cages. They have wings to fly out free.
this may be the first, but there might be an earlier study. there was a study reported last year how the wild parrots in australia were learning human words from feral parrots.
i also have some cross-species communication evidence if anyone is interested.
Oh mine all have the capability to learn and problem solve..observing rather than dismissing their intelligence is the key to learning about the domesticated birds in my aviary.
I agree - I think most of the parrots really do get the context, and are not just mimicking. My parakeet, who is an excellent mimic, seems to understand parts of speech (grammar), but I don't think he understands words in context nearly to the extent that, say, your birds do, if he understands context at all. (And that's OK - he's great just like he is, and since I love linguistics and grammar, it's truly fascinating for me.)
That's a HUGE microphone Karl! :D
thank you for sharing with us
Very amazing !
GREAT INFO.........I would like to know how Carl get the birds to inhabit the nests??
Hi there, just wondering A) how do the chicks differentiate their parent's call/voice from other adults (and would they still perk up for feeding if another adult came?). B) How do you guys recognise that the chicks sound either like their biological parents or their foster? Cheers.
they have old stories about the earth probably
Parrotlets are great because they chirp and chatter but don't screech. They are a true parrot in a tiny package.
I love science and had always wondered why Eskimos aren't born with Texas accents. They talk like their parents. Goober, this stuff is mesmerizing.
AWSOME GREAT VIDEO GREAT INFO GREAT COMMENTARY THANKS A LOT
Hi my name is peep, these are my cousins beep poop peepeep and meep
I wonder if the conclusion can be extrapolated to all parrots. We know that parrotlets are very smart.
Wouldn't this be very similar to a human child living part of his/her life in, say, the US, then moving to England and eventually having an English accent?
1:53 the cutest thing i have ever seen
Wow great video!
Love the "I'm bob" bit.
It has to be the parent for the choices you gave for two reasons: the chicks haven't fully developed their communication (but they can still communicate like a baby mumbling) and the chicks depend on mimicry.
simply amazing!
In a nest of several baby parrots, how do they each learn which name to attribute to themselves and not to one of their siblings? How do the parents teach an individual baby in a nest full of siblings?
Excellent video......
Definitely not cruel!! In fact they sound like celebrities! Cruel is a very subjective word and I think people need to be a little more discriminate in the way they use the term. Cheers.
..can you imagine the names they give us?! that would be worth discovering..
Fascinating.
god bless you of these amazzing pawsome infos
What happened to the other three less developed birds in the nest? Were two of them from the ones that were swapped?
Very interesting!
amazing. Super cool. Amazing, incredible!!!!
Very Interesting
This is amazing.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video of the parrolets.
I have 5 eggs in my nest box now from my parrolets .
I hope they open soon i am getting worried
Caging a parrot isn't cruel. Neglecting it is cruel. Parrots need lots of attention and time, and they can be very happy pets.
I don't know why did I laugh when the person speaking said "I'm bob".
Um Faye... not all parrots and their relatives live in rainforest-like areas...
One example is the kea, where it lives in the mountainous areas of New Zealand. I know it's not a pet species. But, it's an example nonetheless.
Another one though is the budgerigar, where it primarily lives in the desert-like areas of Australia.
You are correct I live backing onto a bush reserve in one of the hill suburbs in Wellington, New Zealand and have a group of about 15 Kaka that call in nearly every day. They like nesting in the hollows of large trees but are at home in the suburbs.
Amazing 💙!
1:52 That is just to cute.
Amazing!
when i adopted my parrot coo coo, he heard me calling my other birds by nick names , their name with berry at the end, then one day coo coo flew to me and insisted ,coo coo berry, he said it clear as day, and now responds only to coo coo berry
There are different types of parrotlets. Pacific parrotlets have blue behind their eyes and on their rump, well, the males do.
That depends on your definition of cruel. Do you understand that birds in the wild spend approx. 60% of their time finding food, and 40% trying not to BE food? My 'caged' parrots sleep in their cages, but have lots of out time, eat better (and healthier) than we do, have more toys than our friends' human children, and have their own backyard aviary to play/sun in. They PREFER to be in the house with their humans. They are fully flighted. None have ever tried to escape. Cruel? They say no.
I just got the latest newsletter from the Orinthology Lab. It's great!
Anyone who has shared their home with a parrot can tell Biologist Karl Berg that they may mimic, but more that they use words in a cognitive manner. The information he gave such as naming etc, sounds more cognitive than 'mimic'.
Not all of them are happy.
My parrot is certainly happy though. And I love him.
There will always be shitty owners, as with any type of pet. We need to educate people about parrots and prevent them from making the wrong choice of pet.
"We need to educate people"
The panacea of "education", "education" doesn't work.
Only sterilization will.