--- description: A parrot that can imitate a wolf whistle and makes beeping noises like Star War’s droid R2-D2 is missing in Maine, its owner said. title: A Parrot That Sounds Like R2-D2 Is Missing in Maine image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa233378e7d91d8b/6988a35bcd1bba277c7020e7/timneh-missing.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [animals](/tag/animals/) ## animals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Parrot That Sounds Like R2-D2 Is Missing in Maine  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 23, 2016 5:08 PM CUT  Oscar Cornejo  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 23, 2016 5:08 PM CUT A [parrot that can imitate a wolf whistle](http://www.centralmaine.com/2016/08/22/paco-the-parrot-is-on-the-loose-in-the-woods-of-east-madison/ "undefined") 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 the woods in East Madison, Maine after getting spooked by something while perched on his owner’s shoulder last week, the _Morning Sentinel_ reports. The parrot’s owner, Oscar Cornejo, is offering a reward for anyone who finds his 10-inch-tall charcoal gray bird, which has a burgundy tail and some human personality traits and talents. “He’s got some sass and attitude, but he’s got a sense of humor,” Cornejo, 34, told the _Sentinel_. Cornejo raised Paco since the bird was about a month old. The parrot can speak some words in English and Spanish, but most of the noises he makes sound like beeps and whistles. “If you hear a microwave beep or a smoke alarm beep in the woods, that’s him,” Cornejo said. “He sounds like R2-D2 sometimes.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4463050/parrot-missing-maine-r2d2-wolf-whistle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4463050/parrot-missing-maine-r2d2-wolf-whistle/"},"headline":"A Parrot That Sounds Like R2-D2 Is Missing in Maine","datePublished":"2016-08-23T17:08:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:04:00.437Z","description":"“If you hear a microwave beep or a smoke alarm beep in the woods, that’s him\"","url":"https://time.com/4463050/parrot-missing-maine-r2d2-wolf-whistle/","keywords":["animals","Maine"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa233378e7d91d8b/6988a35bcd1bba277c7020e7/timneh-missing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa233378e7d91d8b/6988a35bcd1bba277c7020e7/timneh-missing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Timneh-Missing","caption":"","creditText":"Oscar Cornejo","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4463050/parrot-missing-maine-r2d2-wolf-whistle/","name":"A Parrot That Sounds Like R2-D2 Is Missing in Maine"}}]}] ```