Why do some birds in captivity have the capability to "talk" and others do not? There are four factors that play a critical role in determining a bird's talking potential. They are physiology, neurology/intelligence, genetics and sociability.

Why Do Some Birds Have the Capability to Talk?

Great article, Les, and quite informative. Thanks for doing that research.

Les, I really enjoyed that article. At our house we also make the bird sounds. Our birds love it when their human flock members are saying, "chew-chew-chew!" Kind of like a phaser sound in Star Wars.