Australian Breeders MarketBaby Parrots have Names.
Researchers have concluded from studies that parrots are similar to certain primates and dolphins in that they have unique calls for they babies.
The HindustanTimes.com reports that studies on colonies of the small Columbian spectacled parrot showed that distinctive cries from the mother were only responded to by the particular baby parrot, while other birds ignored the cries completely.
As the report states, it will again open the debate into the complexity of language in the animal kingdom. The report is the first relating to parrots and birds in general, and points out the unique skills that parrots use in their social relationships. The researcher (a German by the name of Rolf Wanker) avoids stating whether or not this proves that humans are not the only ones to use complex linguistic structures.