budgerigars

Small Australian parrots

Budgerigars are small parakeets native to Australia, commonly kept as pets worldwide.

The word is usually shortened to budgie.

These birds are known for their bright green and yellow plumage, though captive breeding has produced many color variations.

Budgerigars can learn to mimic human speech: Our budgie says "pretty bird" whenever someone walks past his cage.

pets

parakeet

Small long-tailed parrot

  • cageBarred confinement structure
  • perchResting spot for birds
  • seedEmbryonic plant capsule

aviary · tame · feathers · chirping · companion · talking · whistling · cuttlebone · millet · swing

wild

Australia

Southern Hemisphere continent-country

grasslands · eucalyptus · waterholes · migration · native · green · yellow · plumage · nesting · hollow

biology

parrot

Speech-mimicking tropical bird

beak · crop · regurgitation · flock behavior · vocalizations · ultraviolet · vision · courtship · dimorphism · lifespan

breeding

mutation

Permanent DNA alteration

cobalt · violet · opaline · spangle · cere · genetics · linebreeding · clutch · incubation · fledgling

Categories
Opposites
size among parrots

budgerigarsmacaws

Brightly feathered tropical parrots

scarlet macaws · cockatoos · kakapos

domestication/wildness

budgerigarsraptors

Carnivorous birds of prey

eagles · hawks · owls

Family

budgerigar

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G