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One parrot is a loud pet. Two parrots isn’t parrot+parrot, it’s parrot^parrot. I know this because I have a metered conure, and an ex girlfriend has a sun conure. I was hospitalized for six months and she volunteered to take my bird. The were LOUD together, each feeding off the other.

I had it explained to me as Parrot + Humans, the bird will 'talk human'. Parrot + Parrot, the bird will 'talk bird' i.e. screeches and calls, louder.

Or maybe an Alexa?

Possibly related, some dog like the radio going when no one is around, talkback or similar. The idea of being confined and listening to talkback seems beyond dismal to me but the dog seems to like it.

When we also had a dog, the parrot seemed to like the dog. They would touch nose to beak.