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Budgerigar
Also Known As: Shell Parakeet, Budgerygah
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Did You Know?
Budgerigars are highly nomadic, with local numbers fluctuating widely with climatic conditions.
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Species Profile
Genus:Melopsittacus
Species:
undulatus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 18-20 cm (7-7.8 in) | 22-32g (0.8-1.1 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one, with many colour mutations
Colourization Adult: Both adults yellow with scalloped upper parts, yellow face, lower cheeks tipped violet/blue, more so in the female; black spots under throat; green under parts, blue tail; blue cere in male, brown in female. Bill olive/horn in colour. Eye white.
Colourization Juvenile: Immatures duller; less spots on throat or none at all; yellow forehead barred black; tail shorter. Eye dark brown.
Call: Quiet warbling to sharp chattering, quiet screech.
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Content Sources:
Article "Basic Budgerigar Breeding", Johan Theunissen, The Master Budgerigar Breeder
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1489&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
ML Media Collection Catalogue 8512, Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus, Trillmich, Krisztina, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 23 1974, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
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