Did you know that parrots can be trained to say up to 200 words and
short phrases. In fact their ability to mimic human language is so well
known that many parrot owners initially purchase the bird for this
reason alone.
The truth however is that like most talking birds they’re not really
talking but mimicking the sounds they hear around them. They certainly
don’t have any real understanding of the words they repeat and what’s
more interesting is that parrots as a species are not the best of the
bird mimickers.Mynah Bird
Yes that’s right the top word mimic is actually the Mynah bird. Their ability to create amazingly realistic human and non human sounds such as words, coughs, sneezes and even cell phone ring tones is well documented.Other birds that are extremely intelligent and known to mimic human words are crows, ravens and jackdaws. Although their abilities are less publicized.
