A parrot of western equatorial Africa, with grey plumage and a red tail, often kept as a pet for its mimicking abilities.
Psittacus erithacus, family Psittacidae
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Twenty five years of research has shown that grey parrots have cognitive intelligence equal to a 6.5 year old child and communication skills equal to a 2 + year old child.
In the last few years, though, the MIT professor Irene Pepperberg has been conducting some rather amazing experiments with her pet grey parrots.
African grey parrots have the reputation as being the best talkers of the parrot kingdom.
Vancouverite Michelle Blaney takes in unwanted parrots, currently caring for four macaws, an African grey parrot and a cockatiel.
This amazing African grey parrot has a vocabulary that's greater than 950 words and actually invents words and phrases.