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Scientist Karl Berg has constructed a bunch of parrot nests on a Venezuelan ranch, and he’s got mini-cams in those nests recording everything these little birds do. As you’ll hear, they peep a lot.

“Most people say, ‘Well, all those calls are just noise,’ ” Karl told Virginia Morell, but “I think they’re having conversations.” Berg has listened to so many parrots in so many nests for so long, he has been able to identify that weeks after birth, these little birds begin to use very specific peeps to identify themselves to others. Not only that, they learn the peeping “names” of their parents, brothers, sisters, and use them in conversation, as in, “Peep-duh-dee-Peep, is that you?”

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Princess Parrot

This beautiful bird is another native Australian parrot of extraordinary soft pastel colours.

The Princess Parrot or Alexandra’s Parrot, Polytelis alexandrae, is an Australian bird of the parrot family Psittacidae. It is a medium sized parrot, 34 to 46 centimetres long (the males are larger). The plumage is mostly green with a pink throat, bluish crown and rump and bright green shoulders. The tail is long and narrow.

This species is nomadic, arriving in small groups to breed and then disappearing. It is one of Australia’s least known parakeets because it is so elusive, even though it is spread across the interior of Australia. It inhabits arid woodland and scrub with spinifex, eucalypts, acacias, etc. 4 to 6 rounded white eggs are laid in a hollow in a eucalypt or desert oak. They are becoming quite rare in the wild and their numbers seem to be dwindling. They feed on the seeds of grasses and shrubs. They are unusual among parrots in engaging in mobbing behaviour against predators.

The name “Princess Parakeet” was given in honour of Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who later married the Prince of Wales Edward VII and eventually became the Queen of England. Other names for the species include: Queen Alexandra Parrot (or Parakeet), Princess of Wales Parakeet, Rose-throated Parakeet and Spinifex Parrot.