Yes, Amazon parrots rank just behind African greys as talkers, and ahead of them as singers. Talking ability is one of the most compared traits in pet birds, and this species sits at a very specific point on that scale, which is worth understanding properly before you choose one for its voice or rule one out for lacking it.
What This Bird's Talking Actually Sounds Like
This bird's talking is best described as very strong: loud, musical speech and singing, often performed with obvious enjoyment. Temperament shapes the performance, because this is a stocky, confident parrot with a character often described as bold, theatrical and bonded strongly to favourite people, and a bird who enjoys an audience performs more than a shy or preoccupied one. Owners should also separate talking from mimicry in general: many birds copy whistles, household sounds and other birds more readily than words, and a bird who masters the microwave beep but never says hello has still learned exactly what it found most rewarding to repeat.
Teaching an Amazon: Harness the Show-Off
Amazons learn like born performers: they pick up whatever gets a reaction, which is why laughter, songs and dramatic phrases stick fastest and why the household's shouted words are learned with depressing accuracy. Teach deliberately by repeating chosen phrases and songs with obvious enjoyment, in short sessions when the bird is alert and excitable, often before meals or during morning activity. Reward performances with attention, the currency this species values most, and expect the repertoire to be delivered at full volume whenever visitors provide an audience worth impressing.
Placing the Amazon on the Talking Scale
Amazons hold second place overall and first place for entertainment: a grey is clearer and may use words more aptly, but an Amazon sings, laughs and performs with a gusto no other parrot matches. Against ringnecks, the Amazon is louder and more musical; against budgies, louder and clearer by an enormous margin, at an equally enormous multiple of the cost, space and lifespan commitment. Anyone choosing between the top talkers is really choosing a temperament, the grey's thoughtful sensitivity or the Amazon's theatrical confidence, with speech excellent either way. Neighbours are part of this decision in a way they never are with smaller birds, because an Amazon greeting the sunrise cannot be turned down, and thin walls have ended more Amazon placements than any behaviour the bird aimed at its owners.
Deciding Whether This Voice Fits Your Home
If this bird's level of talking matches your hopes, the remaining questions are the ordinary serious ones: space, time, noise tolerance among neighbours, and who provides company across a long life. Talk to breeders and owners, listen to recordings of the species at full voice, and meet adults rather than charming babies where you can manage it. A bird chosen for its whole character, whose talking is a bonus at whatever level it develops, almost never disappoints its household; a bird bought as a talking appliance frequently does. For help channelling an Amazon's big personality into training and routine, KinsLe Kimmy can be asked for guidance in the moment, with what you learn kept with your Amazon's profile.