Alfonso

Alfonso was the pet parrot of the son of Caruso, a client at Verrocchio's Workshop.

Biography
Alfonso was a late addition to a painting of Caruso's son that Leonardo da Vinci has almost finished. When Verrocchio called Caruso as idiot behind his back, Alfonso began repeating the phrase "Idiot Caruso!" over and over again, much to Verrocchio's frustration. Worried about his reputation, Verrocchio went to Valduccio, an associate of Machiavelli and a tropical bird importer with whom he switched Alfonso for an identical parrot. When Leo finished the painting, he noticed the tail feathers looked different to the new parrot but Verrocchio said that idiot Caruso would never realise. To his horror, the new parrot began repeating this too. (Bandit Queen)