We all know that some birds can imitate human language, such as parrots. Do you know which bird in the world talks the most? This article brings you the top ten most "talkative" birds. Let's take a look.
1. African grey parrot
The African grey parrot is a large parrot. It is a typical climbing bird, strong speaking ability, talent and intelligence, and is known for being good at imitating human language. In some tasks, it was shown to have the cognitive level of 4- to 6-year-olds. The African grey parrot is one of several known animals that can truly talk to humans. In addition to being able to mimic human language, the parrot has also been found to mimic the sounds of other birds and mammals in the wild. New experiments show that African grey parrots can learn sequences of numbers and can associate human voices with human faces. Most notably, Dr. Erin Pepperberg's work with an African grey parrot named Alex showed that it was able to learn more than 100 words and distinguish between objects, colors, materials and shapes.
2. Eclectic parrot
The eclectic parrot, also known as the red-flanked green parrot. It is the quieter parrot of the medium and large parrots, and its diet is mainly seeds, berries, fruits, nuts, insects and their larvae. Mainly distributed in Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia and other regions. Eclectic parrots can mimic human language and other attractive sounds of their surroundings. Some parrots can even learn and sing entire songs. In this case, eclectic parrots can even deceive their owners.
3. Budgies
Budgies, also known as petite phoenixes, are lively and easy to domesticate, and are one of the favorite pet birds in the mainland. They are often the first parrot bought by many people who are just interested in parrots, and they are also the species that most often appear in bird shows, budgies can also talk, but they need to be constantly taught by the master, and can only be taught one by one in the teaching process, otherwise too naughty budgies will not learn.
4. Yellow-necked Amazon parrot
The yellow-necked Amazon parrot is a typical climbing bird with a body length of 38 cm. This is a very famous language learning guru. The yellow-necked Amazon parrot has a green forehead and top of the head, a yellow stripe on the nape and below the nape of the neck, a dark gray beak, and a tapering lighter base of the palate. The yellow-necked Amazon parrot has the ability to imitate various sounds, and the ability to imitate is very strong. The yellow-necked Amazon parrot is usually associated with only one person. Therefore, the interaction between the owner and the pet is the most important factor in determining the parrot's ability to speak.
5. Red-collared green parrot
The red-collared green parrot mainly inhabits areas such as sparse forests, villages, farmlands, and township gardens at the foot of the mountains. It feeds on plant fruits and seeds, grains and other shrubs, berries, flowers and nectar. It is widely distributed in many countries in Africa and Asia. The red-collared green parrot is one of the finest birds among parrots. They can learn 200-250 words. Red-collared green parrots often try to mimic human sounds in their surroundings. They can also learn words by listening to music.
6. Monk parrot
Monk parrots are also known as monk parrots and monk parrots. It mainly lives in dry open woodland, palm groves and agricultural plantations below 1000 meters above sea level. Food includes seeds, buds and flowers of various grasses, trees and other plants, as well as fruits and berries, and occasionally insects. It is found in Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. Like other talking birds, monk parrots need to be properly trained to mimic human sounds. Monk parrots can also mimic other sounds made by their surroundings.
7. Wren
Wrens are songbirds in the passerine family, the starling family. Good sound, loud and clear call, can imitate and produce a variety of melodic tones. The whole body is roughly black, with a metallic sheen of purple-blue and copper-green. It is characterized by orange feathers and flesh and flesh on the head, and is roughly the same for males and females. Good at singing, loud chirping, can imitate and pronounce various melodies. Wren is one of the most "talkative" birds in Southeast Asia. They can mimic human speech with almost identical intonation and sound quality. At the same time, they can make all kinds of whistles, cries and screams.
8. Cockatoos
Cockatoos share the same characteristics as other species of parrots. They all have hooked beaks and opposing toe feet. There are mainly several biological features in different places, including retractable crowns and colored feathers. Cockatoos are highly imitative and can imitate a wide variety of sounds, but their ability to speak depends entirely on the quality of their training. There are different species of cockatoos in the world, among which the rose cockatoos, yellow cockatoos, and long-beaked cockatoos speak better.
9. Yellow-crowned Amazon parrot
The yellow-crowned Amazon parrot is a very intelligent species. At the same time, they are lively and noisy parrots, strong vitality, do not have much difficulty in adapting to new environments, love to bathe and gnaw things, they are one of the most talkative birds in the Amazon parrot family. When pet birds are a good choice, young birds also have good speaking ability, and human interaction is quite high as most Amazon parrots, but unfortunately there are not many captive-bred birds, so young birds are not common in the market regardless of Taiwanese birds and imported birds.
10. Starling
Starlings are more common in southern China and are both important agroforestry birds and popular caged birds. It can imitate the chirping of other birds and imitate simple human language, and is widely caged in China and introduced to places such as the Philippines and Canada. Starlings are similar in shape and size to domestic starlings, with a black body throughout. There are long, vertical tufts of feathers on the forehead, like a crown. There are white wing spots on the wings, which are especially noticeable when flying. In general, male chicks are lively and energetic, and diligently chirp and imitate human language during the breeding season, and the call is loud, and the frequency of chirping and imitation human language is higher than that of female chicks. From the appearance point of view, the body is slender, healthy and spirited, the "five white" features are obvious, plus the fiery red cinnabar-colored eye sand, and the jade-white mouth are the best grade.