Is it possible for a budgie to minic a conure screech?

[2horse]

I am just wondering to day if a budgie is trying to mimic the suns. Usually the budgies answer suns by a loud budgie chirp, a sort of 2 sylable word. Today I heard a mini sun conure screech single sylable word comming from a female budgie it is not a sound a budgie normally makes, in answer to the suns. The pet sun don't often get into shouting mode which can go on and on, they usually just make a single call and do a lot of muttering.

[Monica]

It wouldn't surprise me if they can! Budgies can be excellent mimickers!

[svolk]

I would bet money that a budgie can mimic a conure. My budgie has my cockatiel's calls - every single one of them - down to a science. His calls are not as loud as my tiel's calls are, but pretty darn close! There is also another member here whose budgie was previously around finches and sounds like a finch.

[2horse]

thanks I nearly thought I was going crazy, just lucky it is a soft spoken conure screech. Maybe the suns will start talking budgie.

[Tinker]

lol my grandmas old budgie that I inherited years ago used to mimic the clock ticking on the wall and the door creeeeeeaking open loudly. Wouldn't surprise me at all if yours picked up a sun screech.

[2horse]

definitly conure talk, she has had a few days pratice and she has it down to an art. Getting a bit louder now than when she first started.

[svolk]

Originally Posted by 2horse

definitly conure talk, she has had a few days pratice and she has it down to an art. Getting a bit louder now than when she first started.

Uh oh They are quite the mimics, aren't they! I'm always amazed at how quickly Jerry can picks up Lulu's calls, and of course, human words.