Vocalizations?

srirachaseahawk

srirachaseahawk

Fledgling
Unsurprisingly, the Internet seems a bit split on this topic :)

With most parrots, it seems like the males are the big talkers or whistlers.
But with Linnies, it seems like females are also common talkers?

I mean both with respect to "out-of-the-box" Linnie vocalizations as well as mimicing human speech.

Thoughts? Experiences?
 
Eddie's Aviary

Eddie's Aviary

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Linnies are not great talkers in either sex, but both can. Most I have seen is a couple of words. When clients call and ask for a bird that talks (but is also small and quiet) I recommend a Budgie. Though personally I like a super friendly loving bird, and talking doesn't matter much to me. You tend to get out of a bird (in language ability) what you put in. If you really work hard with them, you will surely have a better result. My males were a hair easier to train to talk. That said, they also tend to be more fresh when hormonal.

I have had Linnies that said "thank you", "hi Marco", made kissy noises, and have a few clients that have birds that make sounds like "pew pew pew" that they worked with them on.

If talking is important, an African Grey is great! But they are far more complicated to live with than a Lineolated, that's for sure!
 
srirachaseahawk

srirachaseahawk

Fledgling
I should clarify :)
I've heard the way that Linnies speak on Youtube, and I'm all about just the few words here and there. I'm not expecting anything on the level of African Grey's, Budgies or Ringnecks.

I adore their regular mutterings, but I was just curious if there was any real gender bias with them picking up a couple of words or funny mimic'd sounds.
 
Eddie's Aviary

Eddie's Aviary

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Ahhhh.... personally I haven't found a difference in the sexes for mutterings or words. To me it seems a Linnie (of either sex) is either into it, or not. Starting early really helps. This all said, my best Linnie talker of all time was male.
 
LinnieGirl

LinnieGirl

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In my experience both sexes talk equally well. I have both males and females that love to talk and some that never talk. It’s pretty individual from bird to bird.
 
srirachaseahawk

srirachaseahawk

Fledgling
LinnieGirl said:
In my experience both sexes talk equally well. I have both males and females that love to talk and some that never talk. It’s pretty individual from bird to bird.
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Seems to be the consensus :)
I assume that it’s the same with disposition, generally speaking? With Linnies it just seems like it’s more an individual bird thing as opposed to a gender bias too much with temperament.
Gender may honestly come down to availability from my breeder, but it’s good to know that they could both possibly grumble at me ;)
 
srirachaseahawk

srirachaseahawk

Fledgling
Just as a follow-up here, Hemi is quite the talker!
He has a lot of common phrases like: "Hi", "Good Morning", "What you doing?", "Boop", "Good Boy" and "Step Up".

Beyond that he whistles, constantly. It's his favorite form of communication.= ;)
 
LinnieGirl

LinnieGirl

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srirachaseahawk said:
Just as a follow-up here, Hemi is quite the talker!
He has a lot of common phrases like: "Hi", "Good Morning", "What you doing?", "Boop", "Good Boy" and "Step Up".

Beyond that he whistles, constantly. It's his favorite form of communication.= ;)
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I’d love to hear a video of him talking! How fun
 
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