Species
African grey parrot
A vocal-learning species where mimicry must be separated from species-typical calls before any interpretation is attempted.
Acoustic profile
What a recording device must capture.
Fundamental frequency
200–8000 Hz
Meaningful spectrum
100 Hz – 20.0 kHz
Recommended sample rate
48.0 kHz
Individual profiles
Supported
Capture note
African greys mimic human speech and environmental sounds. Mimicry must be classified separately from species-typical calls or it will contaminate every interpretation.
Signature signals
What an experienced observer looks for in this species.
Contact call
audioRepeated whistle used to locate a bonded partner or person.
Crest and feather position
videoSleeked feathers indicate arousal or fear; fluffed indicates rest.
Eye pinning
videoRapid pupil dilation and constriction signalling high arousal.
Behaviours
Categories the engine may report — and the ones it must never report for this species.
Supported
Excluded for this species
Excluded categories are removed before ranking, so they can never win on a superficial signal match.
Taxonomy
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Psittaciformes
- family
- Psittacidae
- genus
- Psittacus
- species
- Psittacus erithacus
Body-language channels
Only these are weighed for this species.
Limitations
- • Learned mimicry has no species-typical meaning and is reported as mimicry rather than as intent.
- • Individual repertoires diverge so far that species-level priors are weak; the per-animal baseline does most of the work.
Species adapter
Adapter
psittacine-adapter@0.1.0
Provenance
Priors derived from published psittacine vocal-learning and welfare literature.
Breeds offered
Congo African Grey, Timneh African Grey