"Rosie"

This little girl is an African Grey. Of all the birds we own, she is by far the smartest

and the most animated.

Rosie is 8 years old and is named because when she was young, her legs were a rose color.

 

The following was taken from From Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia...

African Grey parrots are considered to be the most talented talking parrots, a reputation rivaled only by the Hill Mynah (Gracula religiosa). Unlike other parrots, wild African Greys have been documented imitating the calls of several other species. African Grey parrots have been tested using rigorous scientific standards, and are classed alongside the most intelligent animal species. Dr. Irene Pepperberg's extensive research with captive African greys, famously with a bird named Alex, has documented the ability to associate human words with meanings, and to intelligently apply the abstract concepts of shape, color, number, zero-sense, etc. In many cognitive tasks they perform at the level of dolphins, chimpanzees, and even a human toddler [8] Many pet Congo African Greys learn to speak quite slowly until their second or third year. Timnehs are generally observed to start speaking earlier. Both (all) subspecies seem to have the same ability and tendency to produce human speech (a question often posed by pet parrot enthusiasts). But vocal ability and proclivity may range widely among individual birds, often owing to its early socialization