Talk:Talking bird

message: I deleted Category:Nonverbal communication because that category relates to human communication. If there is a category for animal communication, this article surely belongs in it. Cbdorsett 09:06, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree with that entirely,but it does need work. It's a good overall topic, but the emphasis is too much detail on individual birds, and not enough general information about which types of birds in general can talk. Essentially most of the crow family, most (if not all) of the starling family (which includes Mynas), and most (if not all) of the parrot order can talk, but the article barely touches on the general information. Instead it goes into too much detail about 3 individual African grays, and 2 individual budgies. I don't consider the detail crufty or non-notable, but it is out of balance given the shortage of GENERAL information.JeffStickney 16:51, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delete Category:Nonverbal communication 

message: I just created a category for talking birds. With the large number of bird species that have this ability I feel a category would be appropriate. I could use some help getting this filled.JeffStickney 17:14, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Created a new category for talking birds.  

message: This article focuses primarily on specific individual talking birds.  The information about bird species' ability to be taught to speak is sparce and generally redundant to their main article.  Therefore, I propose adjusting this article towards what I percieve is its intent, List of notable individual talking birds.  Alternatively List of notable talking birds or List of talking birds.  Regardless of the title, we should add a "Lead selection criteria" as defined in WP:SAL explaining that this is a list of individual birds who are known by way of independent sources for their ability to talk.  -Verdatum (talk) 21:09, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Recommend "adjusting" the article first - this will garner more onlookers to contribute to a discussion for any renaming. JPG-GR (talk) 05:34, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I see where you are coming from, but having only just come across the article, I wanted to leave time for discussion before repurposing the article.  I'll try to reorganize it within the next day or two. -Verdatum (talk) 14:59, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: This is a disappointing article. It says too little about the most interesting aspect of this subject, which is how far birds understand what they are saying and how far they are just dumbly mimicking what they hear. It also uses phrases like "vocabulary of almost two thousand words", leaving the reader to guess at the extent to which "vocabulary" is meant in a human sense, without ever properly developing the topic. 86.167.124.229 (talk) 03:37, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disappointing article 

message: A recent edit indicated that there are 2 species of African grey, rather than 2 sub-species.  When I initially entered 2 sub-species, I was using information provided on African Grey Parrot.  Which is correct? I am not a taxonomist, and I am not overly concerned about this, its just there seems to be a bit of inconsistency.__DrChrissy (talk) 18:04, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The Timneh Grey was designated a separate species by BirdLife International in 2012 - see here. I was under the impression that the two articles had been updated, but it seems not. I'll ask at WP:BIRDS with regards to the current situation and if there's a specific reason why it hasn't been done on WP yet. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 20:47, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheers!__DrChrissy (talk) 23:31, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxonomy of African grey parrot 

message: See some of the articles by Erin Colbert-White. I'll just leave this here before I lose the link.
- "Social context influences the vocalizations of a home-raised African Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus)"
- "Higher-order semantic structures in an African Grey parrot's vocalizations: Evidence from the Hyperspace Analog to Language (HAL) model"
I find them to be quite heavy reading but they may be of relevance to this article. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 02:22, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  African Grey Parrots using human language in context - articles... 

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message: I'm thinking maybe we should rearrange birds in this page according to IOC taxonomy. This is Wikipedia's official taxonomy for birds. It will be similar to the List of birds of (region) pages, with a section for each family. Grey Clownfish (talk) 01:41, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxonomy