Though only the size of a cockatiel, quaker parrots are as vocal as the largest African grey. “She learned the ‘Cops’ theme song (‘Bad Boys, Bad Boys…’) and now if we sing the first verse she’ll pick up the second.” Speak Easy With Quaker Parrots She also speaks in different voices, mimicking her, her husband and even the TV. “Before I even brought her home from the pet store she would say ‘Hello’ to me every time that I visited her - she was 4 months old!” Myra Dashner of Wisconsin has a 3-year-old Congo African grey, Eeyore, with a vocabulary of more than 300 words. “One day, he made his own joke by mixing ‘whatsa matter’ and my name, coming up with ‘whatsamamala,’ followed, of course, by laughter. After about four or five revolutions Dave said, ‘Whatsa matter?’” Like many talking birds, Dave calls to Anthony when he wants something. “Our little lovebird, Jimi, was flying in circles around the living room and had trouble finding a place to land. Pamela Anthony of Pennsylvania has a male Congo African grey, Dave, that is also a cognitive talker. Needless to say, Rocket got what he wanted!”
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He knew how to say my name, but only said it to call out to me. I told him to eat his parrot bird food, again, and out of desperation, he said, ‘Want Colleen’s. He could see that his antics weren’t working (they usually do). He climbs up the front of his cage, goes across the top and comes down the back of his cage to his perch. Then he started doing what I call food flips in his cage.
“One day Rocket spied me with food and said, ‘Want some.’ I told him ‘Rocket, go eat your bird seed.’ He persisted with ‘want some,’ and I still didn’t respond. She said that he has the ability to cleverly invent new speech. An African grey that doesn’t learn independent toy play by the age of 6 months can vocalize excessively and develop feather destructive behavior by the age of 9 months.”Ĭolleen Fresco of New Jersey has had her African grey parrot, Rocket, for nearly three years, and is still amazed by his ability to learn new words on a weekly basis. “The development of independent toy play during the period of intense learning between fledging and the onset of sexual maturity is the key to a well-adjusted adult African grey parrot. “African grey parrots have a reputation for being smart and not loud,” said Mattie Sue Athan, an International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) certified parrot behavior consultant, and award-winning author of the book, “The Well Behaved Parrot.”Īthan said that independent play is important in fostering balanced vocal abilities.
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