A pet parrot that spoke with a British accent when it disappeared from its home four years ago has been reunited with its owner ---- and the bird now speaks Spanish. The reunion was brought about by Teresa Micco, a Southern California veterinarian who mistook Nigel, an African gray parrot, for her own missing bird, the Daily Breeze reported on Sunday. Teresa Micco tracked Nigel's microchip to Darren Chick, a British man who lives in Torrance, California. "I introduced myself and said, 'Have you lost a bird?' "Micco told the newspaper. "He first said, 'No' But he thought I meant recently " When she checked on Chick's name and said she had his African gray parrot, "He looked at me like I was crazy. " He said his bird had gone missing for four years earlier. Little is known about Nigel's whereabouts for the past four years, but Chick says the bird's British accent is gone, and it now chatters in Spanish. Chick says last week's reunion brought tears of joy to his eyes---despite the fact that Nigel bit him when he first tried to pick him up. Micco said the behaviour was not unusual and that Nigel would settle back in soon enough. "He is doing very well," Chick told the newspaper. "It is really strange. I knew it was him from the minute I saw him" It is the fifth parrot reunion helped by Micco, who has been running advertisements for her own missing bird for nine months. That parrot, Benjamin, escaped in February when it flew out through a door that had been left open. Julissa Sperling found Nigel outside her home and brought him to Micco after seeing one of her advertisements. "He was the happiest bird. He was singing and talking all the time," Sperling said. "He was barking like my dogs. I am from Panama, and he was saying, 'What happened?' in Spanish."
What is the parrot's name?
Does it speak Italian?
How many parrots has Micco reunited with their owners?
Who is Micco's parrot?
Has it been missing since February?
Who left the door open?
What accent does Nigel have?
Any others?
Was Nigel missing for more or less time than Benjamin has been missing?
Is it an African swallow?
In what city does its owner live?
What technology helped to locate the owner?
Was he happy to get the bird back?
How did Nigel react initially?
Does that mean the bird doesn't like him anymore?
Was the owner actively looking for his bird?
Who found the bird?
What animal was the bird mimicking?
Was he speaking in French?
What is Micco's occupation?
Nigel
Nigel, an African gray parrot
no
and the bird now speaks Spanish.
five
 It is the fifth parrot reunion helped by Micco
Benjamin
for her own missing bird for nine months. That parrot, Benjamin
yes
That parrot, Benjamin, escaped in February
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unknown
Spanish
Chick says the bird's British accent is gone, and it now chatters in Spanish.
it had a British accent but it is gone now
Chick says the bird's British accent is gone
more
" He said his bird had gone missing for four years earlier
now
Nigel, an African gray parrot,
Torrance, California.
Nigel's microchip to Darren Chick, a British man who lives in Torrance, California.
microchip
Teresa Micco tracked Nigel's microchip
yes
Chick says last week's reunion brought tears of joy to his eyes
Nigel bit him
despite the fact that Nigel bit him when he first tried to pick him up.
no
 Micco said the behaviour was not unusual
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unknown
Julissa Sperling
Julissa Sperling found Nigel
dog
He was barking like my dogs
no
he was saying, 'What happened?' in Spanish."
veterinarian
Teresa Micco, a Southern California veterinarian 