{"id":11312,"date":"2015-02-11T05:49:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T05:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=11312"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:16:55","slug":"small-birds-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/small-birds-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Birds Do Talk!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tiny Talkers<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44256\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44256\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/green-parakeet-un-zOKrNguZwKo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"green and yellow parakeet perched on bar in cage\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/green-parakeet-un-zOKrNguZwKo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/green-parakeet-un-zOKrNguZwKo-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/green-parakeet-un-zOKrNguZwKo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/green-parakeet-un-zOKrNguZwKo.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/yellow-and-green-budgerigar-zOKrNguZwKo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bianca Ackermann\/Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it comes to parrots and talking, the bigger parrots tend to be the most talked about, and for good reason. <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/african-grey-parrot\/\">African greys<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/amazon-parrot\/\">Amazon parrots<\/a>, for example, can certainly hold their own when it comes to conversing with the people in their lives. But bigger birds aren\u2019t the only ones talking. In fact, some of the smaller parrots are capable of mimicking human speech and can even amass impressive vocabularies. But before we go there, keep in mind that although a bird has the ability to talk, it doesn\u2019t mean the bird will choose to do so. And individual birds within a species might more inclined than others to be talkative (just like people!).<\/p>\n<p>A parrot \u2014\u00a0especially a small parrot \u2014 is much more likely to talk if consistently talked to. Here\u2019s a look at some of the tiny talkers of the pet bird world.<\/p>\n<h2>Budgies<\/h2>\n<p>These small parrots (yes, budgies, aka parakeets, are parrots) have the ability to mimic speech \u2014 again, the key word being \u201cability.\u201d Just because a budgie (or any parrot for that matter) has the ability to talk doesn\u2019t mean that the bird will be a talker. The tricky part is that your budgie might be talking up a storm but\u00a0his words have fallen on deaf ears. Budgies, you see, can have a garbled, almost mechanical voice, and sometimes the voice sounds like a recording put on fast-forward. Years ago, I had the pleasure of hearing an audio\u00a0tape of a budgie named Peanut who was saying, \u201cPeanut want a cookie. Give Peanut a kiss. Kiss, kiss, kiss.\u201d He sounded, well \u2026 like a demonic prank caller, but he was definitely talking! Not a believer in the budgie&#8217;s gift of gab? &#8230; check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WYcWA_RNl1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">budgie&#8217;s video!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Parrotlets<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44099\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44099\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pacific-parrotlets-wm-susancgriffin-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"blue Pacific parrotlet and green Pacific parrotlet side by side on a perch\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pacific-parrotlets-wm-susancgriffin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pacific-parrotlets-wm-susancgriffin-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pacific-parrotlets-wm-susancgriffin-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pacific-parrotlets-wm-susancgriffin.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Female_Blue_and_Male_Green_Pacific_Parrotlets.jpg\">Susan C. Griffin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to imagine going down in size from a budgie, but with a parrotlet, you get just that. Parrotlets, while not as verbally blessed as budgies, can and, some do, talk. Again, we\u2019re talking small parrot, which means a small voice. Some describe the parrotlet voice as chirpy, and others say it is robotic-sounding. How cute is that \u2026 your little feathered bot! Listen closely and you&#8217;ll here a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0Iah8AZLEmc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parrotlet chatting it up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Quakers<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43600\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43600\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/monk-or-quaker-parrot-px-1435859-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"monk parrot (aka Quaker parakeet) sitting on tree stump\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/monk-or-quaker-parrot-px-1435859-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/monk-or-quaker-parrot-px-1435859-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/monk-or-quaker-parrot-px-1435859-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/monk-or-quaker-parrot-px-1435859.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/bird-zoo-parakeet-monk-parakeet-1435859\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kirahoffmann\/Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the biggest guys in the tiny talker group is the quaker parrot; and this bird is said to be a born talker, with some breeders reporting that their quakers started to talk by the time they\u2019re weaned. Quakers can rival the talking ability of larger parrots in terms of extensive vocabularies, albeit with a voice that sounds like a squeaky toy\u00a0\u2014 check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dZS33_kDc-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">happy quaker.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Indian Ring-necked Parakeets<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44260\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44260 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/blue-indian-ringneck-parakeet-un-8n72OQoS3p-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"blue Indian ringnecked parakeet standing on blue cloth\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/blue-indian-ringneck-parakeet-un-8n72OQoS3p-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/blue-indian-ringneck-parakeet-un-8n72OQoS3p-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/blue-indian-ringneck-parakeet-un-8n72OQoS3p-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/blue-indian-ringneck-parakeet-un-8n72OQoS3p.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/gray-and-white-bird-on-gray-textile-8n72OQoS3pI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jenn\/Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OK, our tiny talkers are getting a little longer, a little bigger when we add ring-necked parakeets to the mix. But these long-tailed beauties are far too often left out of the conversation\u00a0when talk turns to top talkers. Their voice tends to sound a bit cartoonish and squeaky (yet, cheerful!) than say a spot-on voice imitator like an African grey parrot.\u00a0Here&#8217;s a fun video\u00a0of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t1wAjcWHkDY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">talking African ring-necked parakeet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some people share their home with a small bird that talks\u00a0and don&#8217;t even know it! That&#8217;s because the bird\u00a0might be inclined to talk when all is clear; as in no one is in earshot to hear. Maybe it&#8217;s time to breakout the recording before you leave home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bigger birds aren\u2019t the only ones talking. In fact, some of the smaller parrots are capable of mimicking human speech and can even amass impressive vocabularies. 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