Cockatiel Has Daily 'Morning Meeting' With Baby Sibling and the Video Is Adorable
We all love morning meetings, right? Well, this Cockatiel certainly does. Her adorable interaction with a very young baby has gone absolutely viral. In this video, the Cockatiel chirps happily at the infant, who at least seems to be responding in kind. "Their morning meeting has commenced," the on-screen text sets the agenda.
It's cute, and then some, to watch these two try to figure each other out. The caption explains that Mom knows the bird well and was closely monitoring the interaction, an important reminder to anyone who has human and avian babies.
@sarahsgotbirds this was a very supervised interaction with a bird I know very well. I was reading her body language and trust she was not going to bite. Baby was also not going to grab or hit birds yet, she's too young. I know to probably keep distance between the two when baby gets old and there's a higher chance of her grabbing and harming my bird. Just until baby understands safe interaction. #firsttimemom#cockatiel#talkingbird#petsandbabies#petparrot
original sound - SarahsGotBirds
The top comment from @Dusty nailed it with, "Baby's gonna grow up bilingual with all that birdie yapping." The little one will definitely learn to speak this particular Cockatoo dialect. @Christine56 had a slightly different take: "Birdy is telling Baby a story." It must be a really good one. "That's her baby now," @Skye added. Obviously.
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How Birds and Human Babies Communicate
This may sound surprising, but both human and bird babies learn "language" in very similar ways. The Zuckerman Institute explains what's going on: "Like humans, songbirds are well-known for employing so-called ‘vocal learning.' Just as babies learn to speak through progressive stages of imitation and trial and error-from babbling to first words, and ultimately, sentences-songbirds do as well."
Amazingly, even wild birds have been known to "talk" to humans, including avians in Mozambique who team up with hunters to harvest beehives together. This advanced communication proves something any bird parent already knows: They're trying to speak to us.
According to Chewy, the chatter that we hear in this video is likely at least partly meant for people. "Cockatiels pick up a lot of human chatter, words, and songs, especially the males. This is their way of blending in-making themselves part of your flock and trying to communicate with you." Clearly, this birdie has already adopted the baby into her own personal flock. Chewy goes on to state, "A talking Tiel is usually a happy Tiel." That's definitely the case here.
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This story was originally published May 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM.