The Budgerigar was commonly known as Common Pet Parakeet or Shell Parakeet informally , and also nicknamed as budgie. It is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating bird comes under parrot family.
While talking about the native, the budgie strictly belongs to Australia. Wild budgerigars are found all over the drier parts of Australia, where the species has survived harsh inland conditions for the last five million years. Obviously green and yellow with black, scalloped markings on the nape, back, and wings are found but breeders have created a rainbow of blues, whites, and yellows, greys, and even forms with small crests. People around the world likes Budgerigars due to their small size, low cost, ability to mimic human speech and playful nature.
Parakeets come in over 100 color forms but primarily in green (typical in the wild), various shades of blue, opaline, gray, white, yellow (lutino), pied (combination in one bird), and in various shades of these colors, some rarer than others.
Parakeets are 7" to 9 3/8" in length from the tip of the bill over the head to the tip of the tail. The tail by itself is 3 1/8" to 4 1/2" long. Parakeets weigh anywhere from 1 - 1.4 ounces (30-40g). The life expectancy of the average parakeet is 12 to 14 years. They reach sexual maturity at 3 to 4 months. By this time they have their adult plumage which is quite unusual in the bird kingdom.
Parakeets are monogamous so once they find a mate it is usually for life unless of course one of them has an untimely death in which the other would then find a new mate. Parakeets are very good flyers. In the wild they fly back and forth across vast regions searching for food and water, so provide them with free flying time and you will have a much happier birds.
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