Sounds

Screaming Caique - Listen
Are you ready for the screaming? This is normal screaming vocalizations from a black headed caique. These ‘screaming fits’ usually happen once or twice a day, with the bird carrying on from 5-20 minutes.

Your Alarm is Calling - Listen
Contrary to popular belief, caiques can, and will, mimic sounds and words they frequently hear. In this clip you will hear a black headed caique mimic a fire alarm, a telephone, and a cockatiel. Are you ready for increased noise in your home?

Hello, Telephone! - Listen
Is it a bird, or a telephone? One of the caiques favorite noises to mimic is indeed the telephone. The site owners birds mimic both the home phone, and two versions of cell phone rings. Other common household noises they delight in mimicking include the microwave, fire alarm, and security alarm ‘beep’.
Kiss Kiss - Listen
Of course, not all sounds are bad. Is there anything cuter then a kissing birdie?
Caique Purr - Listen
Caiques make an interested ‘purring’ sound when they are happy, or interested in something they see. Reminds you of a happy cat!
Chubba Chubba Choo! - Listen
Some caiques love to have their beaks played with. This caique, a female black head, likes to have her beak ‘roughhoused’ with, while she provides sound affects.
Random Rosie - Listen
Rosie, one of the site owners caiques, displays her more endearing sounds for the microphone. You can hear her kiss, say ‘Chubba chubba choo’ and ‘Woo’, amoung other things.