parakeet

noun

1. Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.

   “we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man.”

   “'Is it that it talks?' asked the lady. And the Phoenix replied in excellent French. It said, 'Parfaitement, madame!' 'Oh, the pretty parrakeet,' said the lady.”

   “According to one legend, the parakeets escaped from the set of The African Queen, John Huston's 1951 film made at Shepperton studios.”