Budgerigar

What the Budgerigar sounds like

Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Call · Carolles, Manche, Normandie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto

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When to see the Budgerigar

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Budgerigar

The map shades 44 countries with regular records, and 33 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada, Belgium, United Kingdom, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Morocco, Panama, Türkiye, Ecuador, Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Costa Rica, Honduras, Norway, Curaçao, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, North Macedonia, Egypt, Jamaica, Martinique, Venezuela, Cambodia, Denmark, Croatia, Russia.

About the Budgerigar

The budgerigar, also known as the common parakeet, shell parakeet or budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot native to Australia. Naturally, the species is green and yellow with black, scalloped markings on the nape, back, and wings. Budgies are bred in captivity with colouring of blues, whites, yellows, greys, and even with small crests. Juveniles and chicks are monomorphic, while adults are told apart by their cere colouring and their behaviour.

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Easily confused with

Blue-winged ParakeetPsittacula columboidesThe blue-winged parakeet is bluish grey with a long yellow-tipped tail. Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollisThe rosy-faced lovebird is a fairly small bird, 17–18 cm (6.7–7.1 in) long, with an average wing length of 106 mm (4.2 in) and tail length of 44–52 mm (1.7–2.0 in). Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandriThe red-breasted parakeet is a parrot native to Southeast Asia.

Side by side: Blue-winged Parakeet vs Budgerigar · Budgerigar vs Rosy-faced Lovebird