And even though some parrots (which are not songbirds) can be taught to repeat human speech, vocal mimicry among birds is almost completely restricted to songbirds, some of which (such as the lyrebirds or the aptly-named mockingbirds) excel in imitating the sounds of other birds or even environmental noises.
E aínda que algúns papagaios (que non son aves canoras) poden aprender a repetir a fala humana, a imitación vocal entre as aves está case completamente restrinxida aos paxaros cantores, algúns dos cales (como a ave lira ou os mímidos) son excelentes imitando sons doutras aves ou mesmo ruídos ambientais.