These aren’t the droids you’re looking for, but a near-sighted Jedi could easily mistake one of these talented birds for R2-D2. Bluey, the parakeet above, has made headlines this week for his perfect ...

Some birds such as starlings (right) are better at mimicking R2-D2 (left) than others. Researchers did acoustic analyses on samples of birds imitating the plucky droid that were already available ...

For the first seconds I thought it was just a coincidence, but this budgerigar—an Australian parakeet—really sounds exactly like R2-D2 down to every squeak, beep, and bop. Even the colors are the same ...

Some birds say, "Hello." But Bluey the budgie has a better trick. He mimics R2-D2 from "Star Wars" -- all beeps, blurps and laser sounds. A YouTube video of Bluey's vocal antics has been making the ...

In the early 1890s, some fans of William Shakespeare brought about 100 European starlings to the United States. Shakespeare often wrote about starlings, and the group wanted to introduce the birds to ...

MADISON, Maine-- A parrot that can do a wolf whistle and sometimes sounds like R2-D2 from the “Star Wars” films is on the loose in Maine. Oscar Cornejo tells The Morning Sentinel his 10-year-old ...

A parrot that can do a wolf whistle and sometimes sounds like R2-D2 from the "Star Wars" films is on the loose in Maine.Oscar Cornejo tells The Morning Sentinel his 10-year-old Timneh African Grey ...

When scientists played R2-D2’s famous bleeps and whistles for a group of birds, they weren’t expecting a concert — but that’s exactly what they got. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and ...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, R2-D2 beeped and booped—and now birds that copy the Star Wars character are giving scientists fresh insight into how different species imitate complex sounds ...

MADISON, Maine (AP) - A parrot that can do a wolf whistle and sometimes sounds like R2-D2 from the “Star Wars” films is on the loose in Maine. Oscar Cornejo tells The Morning Sentinel ...

A parrot that can imitate a wolf whistle and makes beeping noises like Star Wars droid R2-D2 is missing in Maine, its owner said. The 10-year-old Timneh African Grey parrot named Paco flew off into ...