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Can parrots 🦜 learn the names of people and animals they live with? Yes. Do they use them correctly? Sometimes. Read more about how parrots of many species use names in our recently published article: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... @viktoriagroiss.bsky.social @chris-birdnerd.bsky.social #parrots

Name use by companion parrots

Humans organize social interactions in part by referring to others using proper names (hereafter “names”). Names might also facilitate the complex social lives of animals. Several animal species produ...

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