A cheeky African grey parrot used Alexa to order snacks while its owner was out, and other fowl-mouthed featherballs were booted from the zoo for squawking obscenities at guests. Filed under parrots ...

Scientific studies on the African grey parrot, for example, ... they can be destructive, do excessive feather-picking or get very noisy. “African greys like to be talkative.

The parrots - named Billy, Eric, Tyson, Jade, and Elsie - joined Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre's colony of 200 grey parrots in August, however soon started encouraging each other to swear.

A series of experiments demonstrated that African grey parrots had something like social intelligence in addition to their cleverness. By Elizabeth Preston In a clear-walled laboratory compartment ...