Talking bird

Parrots are amazing little creatures that have a lot of personality and affection to give. Some species are born with an excellent ability to learn and mimic words and non-speech noises. They may do this seeking to attract the attention of their owners or fellow parrots or simply because they are being funny.

Talking potential of a parrot depends on which species it is but all individuals belonging to a particular species may not be able to talk. However, proper training and good health status of these parrots almost guarantee that they will talk.

The vocabulary figures for individual species of parrots mentioned in this article are the maximum apparent numbers known to the author. Note that a parrot may learn more words throughout its lifetime.