Many people want to have a pet bird at home but they are not sure which one to choose.
The best companion with whom you can talk is a parrot. These feathered creatures are very intelligent and can quickly learn to speak not just individual phrases, but full sentences.
Here is a selection of the best breeds of talking parrots for home:
Among the large parrot species, the African Grey Parrot, also known as Jaco, is native to the forests of West and Central Africa. It has gained a reputation as one of the smartest talking birds in the world. The coloring of this breed is not as bright as other parrots. Jaco is of a modest gray color with pale yellow eyes and a black beak. Males and females look almost identical.
The Blue-fronted Amazon, native to South America, is known for its brightly yellow plumage on its head, with blue spots near the eyes and beak. This parrot can be very well trained to mimic human voices. To successfully teach it to speak, you need to spend a lot of time with this bird. In addition to its ability to imitate human speech, this bird's voice is also very melodic. The Blue-fronted Amazon is considered one of the smartest talking parrot species.
The Yellow-naped Amazon is found from Southwest Mexico to Costa Rica. This parrot attracts with its playful nature and ability to speak. They excel at imitating human speech and are often kept as pets. These birds are easy to train and can repeat words, sentences, and even songs from an early age. However, they only bond with one person, and their speaking ability depends on the bond they share with their owner.
In the wild, the ability to imitate the sounds of large animals gives birds the ability to scare away predators.
The Budgerigar is native to Australia and is a very popular pet bird worldwide thanks to its ability to mimic human voices and other sounds. These parrots are very intelligent and can repeat entire sentences. In fact, the Budgerigar holds the world record for the largest vocabulary in the bird world, as it can memorize over 1700 words. However, to learn to repeat the words of this parrot, you need to keep it alone, as it will not follow its owner if there is another bird nearby.
The Monk Parakeet, is found in Europe, North America, and South America, and usually lives in groups. This is one of the smartest talking birds and a popular pet in Europe and America. Depending on how well the owner trains the bird, it can learn to mimic many words. This talking bird also imitates other sounds that it hears repeatedly. They are the only parrot species that build nests from sticks and twigs.
The Cockatoo is perhaps the most interesting and amusing parrots for home keeping. They become very attached to the person who takes care of them and pay a lot of attention to them. Cockatoos are very artistic and can perform various funny movements, often participating in circus acts. Beautiful and joyful birds, they get along well with children and love when they play with them and give them a lot of attention. Their main external feature is the crest on their head, which rises when the bird is excited or nervous. Teaching these birds can be a bit challenging because the words must be repeated constantly in the same tone and pace to make the bird copy them. Depending on the species, Cockatoos can live up to 60 years or longer.
One of the most talented in training and speaking large parrots is the truly impressive beauty, the Macaw. It has great mimicking abilities and can easily imitate the barking of a dog, a sneeze, a cough, or a meow. Its vocabulary is not rich, just over 20 words, but the speaking parrot uses the learned words in the right moments and meaningfully. It will not just shout out the memorized words into the void, but will say them at appropriate times according to the situation, showing its intellectual superiority. The bird's plumage is extremely bright, saturated, without intermediate color transitions. When a Macaw is in a good mood or gets angry, the color around its eyes, where there is no plumage, turns red. This mood indicator in the Macaw is very convenient for its owners. If you see that it has turned red, you can leave the bird alone, as something is bothering it.
The Lorikeet, a bright and colorful bird, is playful, affectionate, kind, easily tamed, and highly intelligent. The name, which translates from Dutch as "clown," was given to it for its cheerful playful nature and colorful attire. It is impossible not to fall in love with these birds from the first days of interaction. In addition to their high sociability, they have high intelligence. Lorikeets are very intelligent creatures capable of memorizing long phrases from human speech. The chicks of this species respond very positively to being trained tricks by their owner's command. A contact Lorikeet can twirl, dance, and even bring some small items. But despite all its virtues, among bird breeders, it is not very popular due to its sharp cries, mischievousness, and untidy appearance due to the liquid droppings it leaves wherever it is.
The Indian Ringneck Parakeet, or Kramer's Parrot, is commonly found throughout South Asia, where they enjoy gathering in large groups of up to 1000 individuals in the wild. This bird is a popular pet. They can learn and repeat about 200 - 250 words, as well as sing melodies from songs. Some species of Indian parrots have different abilities to repeat words, depending on their interaction with their owner and how well the bird is trained. This bird is often used in circuses and road shows because it is easy to make it talk. Indian Ringneck Parakeets can grow up to 40 centimeters.
