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On the 18th of December 2023, Apollo broke the Guinness World Record for most items identified by a parrot in three minutes; successfully identifying 12 items. The record was officially inducted into the book in August of 2024.
He was one of the longest-lived birds on record [4] and was recognised by the Guinness World Records as the oldest living parrot in the world. [5] The next-oldest pink cockatoo to be found in a zoological setting was a 31-year-old female bird located at Paradise Wildlife Sanctuary, England. [3]
Four-year-old Apollo, an African grey parrot, secured the Guinness World Record for the most items identified by a parrot in three minutes.
"Poll" was an African grey parrot owned by United States President Andrew Jackson. Poll was reportedly taught to say profanities by Jackson, and was said to have been removed from his funeral due to persistent cursing. [54] "Prudle" held the Guinness World Record for many years as the bird with the largest vocabulary - a documented 800 words. [55]
Budgerigars, like many other species of parrot, are able to mimic human speech. [47] Puck, a male budgerigar owned by American Camille Jordan, holds the world record for the largest vocabulary of any bird, at 1,728 words. Puck died in 1994, with the record first appearing in the 1995 edition of Guinness World Records.
Cookie, a Major Mitchell's cockatoo who at the time of his death at the age of 83, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living parrot in the world; Cosmo, a grey parrot known for knowing over 200 words and being the subject of a book, Conversations with Cosmo; DD.43.Q.879, a Second World War homing pigeon awarded the Dickin Medal
This will show notable individual animals who have a record in the Guinness World Records or had in the past. Pages in category "Animal world record holders" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
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