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Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus

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Field Notes

Description:

A small parrot, often kept as house pets. Can come in different patterns in domestication.
The pets in the photos are lime green, with a darker green underbelly and stripes, and blue with a white head. Both have black speckles.
This species is capable of imitating human speech.

Notes:

Not the wildtype, domesticated strains.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Hi Alexander, I've moved these beauties to the Pets category for you.
AlexanderStein
Thanks for the comments! They also preen you occasionally. :D
The MnMs
They can say entire sentences, the ones that learn to talk, is amazing!... Do yours talk? the green is a male and the blue is a female (or a very young one), are they a couple? Nice addition :-)
Mark Ridgway
Hi Alexander... These little birds are not really tropical but come from the dry grasslands at the edge of Australias deserts. Here's the link in Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgerigar They make really good pets and many owners let them fly all around their house.

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PublishedJanuary 6, 2012

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