Birds Sing Songs, Chatter, Call, Talk or Whistle for a variety of reasons.
Just like other pets, birds have a need to communicate to their owners, other birds and other pets in the home the bird's needs, feelings or emotions. Birds have their own unique way of communicating their desires through body language and through their voice.
Talking
A Bird talks when it is content and happy and wants to send a message to the another bird or it's owner.
Whistling
When a bird whistles it is communicating that the bird feels content, safe and is at ease in it's world.
Chattering
Some birds just like to talk, talk about anything; their environment, how they feel, the state of the union.... so to communicate their thoughts, they chatter/chirp, sometimes incessantly, sometimes loud, sometimes soft.
Young birds chirp or chatter when they want fed. Birds in the wild often chatter as a warning sign to other birds that something is not right in their environment, or as a call to attract another bird's attention.
Singing
While there are many reasons why a bird sings, it generally can be divided into:
When it is communicating a message to another bird When it is communicating a message to it's owner When it is content and happy and just feels like singing a song
More Specifically Birds Call or Sing:
* Calling or singing to attract a mate.
* Calling or singing to establish the bird's territory
* As an indication of the readiness of either or both partners for sexual activity
* Maintain a bond between male and female bird
* As a way of communication between parent and young
* As a means of warning it's mate or other members of the flock of danger
* As a means of gathering a flock together or finding each other
* As a means of encouragement to fellow flock members (such as the case of geese flying and calling to other members to keep up
* As a tactic of intimidation to predators or other birds
* Birds do practice their songs, calling and talking through repetition
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