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On his YouTube channel, Apollo has been shown asking several questions and understanding the answers he receives. [8] This makes him the second recorded non-human animal to have ever asked a question, the first being Alex, another African Grey Parrot. Apes who have been trained to use sign language have so far failed to ever ask a single question.
The grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), also known as the Congo grey parrot, African grey parrot or Congo African grey parrot, is an African parrot in the family Psittacidae. The Timneh parrot ( Psittacus timneh ) was previously treated as a subspecies of the grey parrot, but has since been elevated to a full species.
Parrots are experts at mimicking sounds and words that they hear, and they know when to use them. Cosmo is an African Grey parrot who has a human brother.
Also acknowledged are claims of captive grey parrots reaching the ages of 73 and 93, [13] whereas the World Parrot Trust lists a longevity of 50–60 years for a grey in captivity. [14] The Guinness Book of World Records listed a grey parrot that allegedly lived in captivity for 72 years as the longest-lived specimen for the species.
"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]
Alex (May 18, 1976 – September 6, 2007) [1] was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University.
Black-legged parrot: P. xanthomerius (Sclater, 1858) LC: Northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, and western Brazil around the Peru/Brazil and Bolivia/Brazil borders Yellow-tailed parrot: P. xanthurus (Todd, 1925) g VU: Northwest Brazil Black-headed parrot: P. melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) LC
Psittacinae (Afrotropical parrots, African parrots, or Old World parrots [1]) is a subfamily of parrots, native to sub-Saharan Africa, which include twelve species and two extant genera. Among the species is the iconic grey parrot .