okay, I know this is a really dumb question, and it shouldn't really matter, but I'm really curious. Which has a better talking ability, a linnie or budgie/parakeet?
Both my Linnies talk up a storm and they are only 6 months. Plus Linnie have lots of big bird personality. They eat with their feet, hang upside down and sleep lying down. They walk toe over toe so they kind of waddle Also very easy going and forgiving little birds.
My boys say pretty bird, here kitty kitty, wolf whistle, laugh, whistle always look on the bright side of life and are working on bye bye birdie, mom and watcha doing.
From little to big - currently 6 Linnies; 2 Budgies; 1 BHP; 2 CAGs; 2 Zons; 1 GWM. Formerly in the flock: 1 LSC2 [fostered/rehomed] RIP: 1 budgie 1 WCP & 1 sweet Pan Am
In budgies, the males are the good talkers & their vocabularies can be quite large. Some speak quickly & in high-pitched voices, so the humans don't recognize the words & don't reward the speech, which sometimes disappears. Female budgies are rarely good talkers.
In Linnies, both males & females can talk. They have a more limited vocabulary, but the ones who speak, often speak a lot.
Both species have personalities much bigger than their physical size.
i am the mom of three parrots:
Dorothy- African grey (cag)
Bowie- blue and gold macaw
Nellie- hyacinth macaw
Reggie- hyacinth macaw
Marnie- white bellied caique
Both are such wonderful little birds. We had a linnie she sadly passed a couple of months ago and we are still so upset over it. I think that a linnie is a quieter bird with of the characteristics of a much larger parrot. Ours whistled lots and was working on several words. Budgies do hold the record for most words spoken however I think that a linnie may be a bit easier to understand once they start speaking.