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Budgie brains have a map of vocal sounds just like humans

Budgerigars are some of the chattiest birds, and that is reflected in their brains. Budgie brains contain a map of vocal ...
Ars Technica

Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control

Human speech arises courtesy of some significant neural horsepower. Different areas of the brain are involved in determining the meaning that’s desired, finding the words to express it, and then ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Can Parrot Brains Teach Us About Human Speech? Study Finds Budgies Have Language-Producing Regions That Resemble Our Own

Budgerigars are the only animals known so far to have language-producing centers of neurons akin to those in humans, according to new research. H. Zell via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Parrots ...