Stolen parrot reunited after telling French cops its name

He really squawked to the cops.

A parrot has been reunited with its owner three years after it was stolen in France — after shouting out its name to police.

A vendor tried to sell the West African grey parrot last week near the Old Port of Marseilles, but the species is protected and the birds cannot be sold, the Times of London reported.

When police seized the talkative bird, which had no identification, it began to squawk, “Jako, Jako, Jako” – a traditional name for parrots in France, like Polly.

But one of the cops remembered that a colleague who had lost his parrot with the same name in 2020 told fellow officers that the bird would say its name if found, the report said.

At long last, the officer was reunited with Jako at an animal shelter, where the bird’s identity was confirmed, according to the outlet, which cited La Provence.

“The bird shouted its name as soon as it saw its owner,” according to the report.

The West African grey parrots are worth about $2,000 and are frequently stolen to be sold illegally.

In 2014, a parrot called Nigel, which had a British accent, was found speaking only Spanish in Los Angeles after going missing for four years, according to the Times of London.

“Que paso [What happened]?” it asked the Spanish-speaking woman who found it and turned it in. It was microchipped and the owner was located.

In 2008, a Japanese woman called authorities after she found a similar parrot in her garden in suburban Tokyo. The bird gave its name and address to police, the outlet reported.