I have attempted to name five Parrots of differing color separate names, (after having previously named three Cats of differing color as well), after which I Saved and Quit to back up my Save Data for my (Hardcore) World, especially because this is a Pre-release version of 1.12. After returning (all I did was copy the current Save data into another Folder, without modifying the original in any other way), I noticed that the Name Tags that I used for each Parrot had been returned to my Inventory, while the Name Tags for the Cats were still attached to the Cats. I tried renaming them, Saving & Quitting, and rejoining the world several times, but each time the Name Tags were returned to me. Later, after experimenting some more, I found out that a named Parrot also loses its name after riding on the Player's shoulders. Again, the Name Tag was returned after Saving & Quitting and rejoining the world.
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I do apologize, as this is my first time reporting a bug for Minecraft, but in my excitement and slight tiredness I did not check for other reports of Name Tags and Parrots. But while on the subject, opening a (Large) Chest and Furnaces are also causing the Name Tags to return. Item Frames cause the Name Tags to act bizarrely as well, to a degree that I am neither capable nor interested in attempting to completely document, as it is quite inconsistent. Sometimes retrieving an item stored inside one causes the Name Tags to reappear, sometimes not, and one time my Enchanted Fishing Rod gained the illusion of duplication, although the false Rods did not remain for long. However, I am sure that someone else was/is able to provide more detailed explanations and examples of the currently glitched nature of combining Parrots and Name Tags. Now that the euphoria of documenting Parrot names is wearing off, I don't have too much to say, other than I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused with my possibly redundant report.
I think this duplicates MC-117877 and MC-117843