Ollie, our latest addition is still in quarantine. He has settled in well and was eating within like five minutes and then he started his singing. Toni was wondering, because he is making sounds she has never even heard before. Her Uncle Charlie had 50 breeding pairs of budgies and she had never heard that from a Budgie before, it is like he has incorporated other bird sounds into his repertoire. He sounds absolutely gorgeous. She said it sounds like it might have been from one of the parrots and or other birds they have in the pet shop.

My budgies imitate Lorikeets, Galahs and especially the honeyeaters so I'd say yes they can imitate other birds' songs. :grouphug:

From my knowledge, males (commonly found in song-birds, but happens in parrots occasionally) will pick up pieces of sounds and add them to their own as a baby, even if you don't hear it until they've grown up. In song birds, their father usually is the main influence on their songs, and they'll pick up sounds, melodies, even a microsecond of a sound, from anything else. I'm quite confident that this is what your bird did, with or without you knowing it. :emoticon112:

We have a princess parrot that was raised with a pink and grey galah and it speaks galah :emoticon112:

I've had a budgie in the past that imitated the call of a crimson rosella, repeatedly :emoticon112:

actually Sean,

 

We just got him yesterday. The Petshop lady said they got him at the age of four months, everyone kept passing him over, apparently because of his green, they wouldn't want him and go for another colour. We saw him last week and instantly "fell in love" with him. I think he must know some of the Finch stuff, because he set our daughter's finches off with some call that sounded like those. Our other male budgie heard him and kept cocking his head up against the cage, it seemed like it was trying to learn what Ollie was doing. I heard Kramer this morning almost repeating Ollie. Can't wait until quarantine is over, then he can join our other bird named Jessie. I do know that Lorikeets that go by the window every so often set off all the budgies. I thoroughly love all six Budgies, as each has their own quirks and mannerisms that make them unique. One thing in common with them is they all love to take off the bells. Jessie took off the bell and proceeded to throw it into her water dish, I had to do bell fishing, she hasn't done it again, but give her time

actually Sean,

 

We just got him yesterday. The Petshop lady said they got him at the age of four months, everyone kept passing him over, apparently because of his green, they wouldn't want him and go for another colour. We saw him last week and instantly "fell in love" with him. I think he must know some of the Finch stuff, because he set our daughter's finches off with some call that sounded like those. Our other male budgie heard him and kept cocking his head up against the cage, it seemed like it was trying to learn what Ollie was doing. I heard Kramer this morning almost repeating Ollie. Can't wait until quarantine is over, then he can join our other bird named Jessie. I do know that Lorikeets that go by the window every so often set off all the budgies. I thoroughly love all six Budgies, as each has their own quirks and mannerisms that make them unique. One thing in common with them is they all love to take off the bells. Jessie took off the bell and proceeded to throw it into her water dish, I had to do bell fishing, she hasn't done it again, but give her time

 

 

This reminded me of one of the quirks of my hen Colleen. When they used to have out of cage time, (before breeding cabinets), she would spend the whole time by a small spider plant picking up pieces of dirt and dropping them on the floor. Watch it fall, then go back for another piece!

Hi, I have one in Aviary that sounds just like the male king quail I had. Can't track down which one yet, but I'll find it. My Dad had a great talker that said heaps of phrases and sounded nearly like my Dad so they are good mimics, not all maybe but some.

Our Budgie Beau is nearly 2 & makes the sounds exactly like our Cockatiel & we've only had the Tiel for 2 months I have to go over & see who's mouth is moving to know which one is whistling, Beau also laughs just like me it's absolutely hilarious he also talks heaps you have to listen closely but he says so much it's awesome.