Can birds be trained to mimic the sounds of other animals?

Answer 1

Probably. I've personally witnessed parakeets mimicking the sounds of a car alarm and a cat meowing.

(And if you haven't witnessed a flock of parakeets flying around the house together and meowing, you haven't lived.)

Answer 2

Depends on the bird and the other animal's sound.

Certain birds can mimic almost anything. Others can't mimic at all. And some can only mimic high pitch noises or voices.

Answer 3

Birds that mimic come from different species. African Greys can, Amazons, some conures, parakeets, but they need t o be in the right environment and time and it is a load of repetition. My Grey does sirens, smoke detectors, phone, my other bird, and some unbelievable sound effects. I am not sure, but think Mynahs can too, but they're extremely messy as they jet feces sideways out of the cage. Parrots are the best.

Answer 4

Yes some can. A friend of mine has an Amazon Parrot who enjoys talking. It finally figured out that the dogs she had got attention when they barked, so...it trained itself to mimic the dog bark. And the bird does it very well.

Answer 5

Many species can imitate human speech or different sounds, and the end results of a study by using Irene Pepperberg suggested a intense attending to entice close means in an African gray Parrot named Alex. Alex changed into experienced to apply words to develop into attentive to gadgets, describe them, count number them, or perhaps answer complicated questions alongside with "what percentage purple squares?" with over 80% accuracy. A 2d get mutually is that of N'kisi, yet another African gray, which has been shown to have a vocabulary of about one thousand words and has displayed an means to invent besides as use words in context and in the the ideal decision demanding. Parrots do not have vocal cords, so sound is executed by using expelling air by the mouth of the bifurcated trachea. diverse sounds are produced by using replacing the intensity and structure of trachea. So, speaking parrots are extremely whistling in diverse transformations. Congo African gray Parrots (CAG) are nicely general for his or her means to "communicate", which will nicely be led to by using more beneficial administration, or more advantageous trachea. yet that doesn't advise that a Cockatiel (Cockatiels are literally not nicely general for his or her speaking means), ought to have a significantly better vocabulary than an African gray Parrot.

Answer 6

They can pick that up all by themselves or with a little help from their friends! Our African Grey barks like a dog, meows like a cat, sneezes like a person...to name just a few. Do 3 sequences of the sound several times a day...if you do more than 3, they get bored! Good luck!

Answer 7

Yes, my cockteil mimic everything including living things.

Answer 8

Oh yes I have 2 pair of english budgies who bark like my dogs, they are so fun to hear and have! All parrots usally end up sounding like some kind of other animal that lives with them. In my case my budgies bark like my pomeranians.

Answer 9

Oh ya my sister has an African gray and he imitates every thing hes around from dogs and puppies to cats , chickens, turkeys and my sister as well as her husband his voice even changes to a deeper pitch sounds just like my brother in law, hes amazing.

Answer 10

Yes, one of my cockatiels can imitate my small dog and the parakeets imitate the cockatiel imitating the small dog and the blue-fronted amazon imitates the back door squeaking and then yells "night-night!!!!" to everyone else to get them to shut up when she wants to take a nap. We were smart. We NEVER say "shut up" in front of her. She already learned "no" and we hear that all the time now.:)