Despite their small brains, many birds develop sophisticated social structures with diverse systems of communication.

Talking birds have an incredible ability to repeat human speech which makes them truly unique among other types of companion pets. Here are a list of 10 such birds that can talk and make amazing pets.

Some birds are famous for having the ability to mimic the words or sentences ... from an early stage through training in talking. Famous as a pet and caged bird, the African grey parrots are ...

They are well known for being bright, social, active, and entertaining, and many people own them as pets. If you want a bird that can ... in addition to talking. Known by most as the rose-ringed ...

"talking." Over 900 pet parrots were included in the survey published this week in the journal Scientific Reports. KELLY: Lauryn Benedict, professor at the University of Northern Colorado ...

"Birds are not ideal for a first-time pet owner," she said ... People who don't want to hear the parrot mimic sounds should get budgies since they can't copy words. People can train the birds ...

She said: "Barney's a really bossy parrot. He even chats back at me and swears when I'm talking ... the pets and gives out orders to all the animals in Margaret's voice. "It's uncanny. He mimics ...

Ms Roberts said the four-year-old budgie had an impressive ability to mimic and knew more than 60 words and phrases — many of which weren't suitable to print. "Oh, he's got a potty-beak ...