Henry spends a lot of time practicing speech. Since birds don't have vocal chords, he needs to manipulate his trachea to imitate the sounds that we recognize as words. Unlike some larger parrots like African Greys, Henry's speech doesn't typically have a human quality to it and it may take a while to understand what he's trying to say.
Here he's practicing a song. Being somewhat shy until he knows he's got it right, Henry thought he was alone when this was recorded. See if you can guess what it is.
To hear the results of a lot more practice, click on the following link.
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