Articles for tag: Animal Communication, animal language, bird intelligence, Parrots, wildlife behavior

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Why Parrots Call Each Other by Unique Names

Suhail Ahmed

In rainforests, savannas, and city parks, parrots aren’t just squawking – they’re addressing one another with vocal labels that work much like names. This idea once sounded outlandish, the stuff of animal folklore, until a wave of field experiments and acoustic analyses turned the hunch into hard evidence. Scientists listening in on chaotic flocks began ...