That’s a Fair Assumption
Think about how you’d feel if your dog began speaking to you. That has got to be comparable to the initial parrot’s shock. I’d give anything to hear the first word a parrot said. It sounds like some very scummy parrots have been mentioned before.

It’s possible that it was something basic, like “land ahoy,” or maybe I’m just assuming pirates and shipmates were most likely to have pet parrots. In all honesty, the first documented case of a speaking bird was most likely a plum-headed parakeet. Bitticus was its name, and it lived in the 5th century BC and belonged to Ctesias, a Greek physician and historian.