Bird Guide

Budgerigar vs Rosy-faced Lovebird

Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus

Small29 gWoodland

Wild budgerigars average 18 cm (7 in) long, weigh 30–40 grams (1.1–1.4 oz), 30 cm (12 in) in wingspan, and display a light green body colour, while their mantles display pitch-black mantle markings (blackish in fledglings and immatures) edged in clear yellow undulations. The forehead and face is yellow in adults. Prior to their adult plumage, young individuals have blackish stripes down to the cere in young individuals until around 3–4 months of age. They display small, iridescent blue-violet cheek patches and a series of three black spots across each side of their throat.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sonogram of the Budgerigar
Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Call · Carolles, Manche, Normandie, France · CC0
Photo: Richard.Fisher · CC BY 2.0
Rosy-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Agapornis roseicollis

Small54 gShrubland

The 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). Wild birds are mostly green with a blue rump. The face and throat are pink, darkest on the forehead and above the eye. The bill is horn-coloured, the iris is brown, and the legs and feet are grey. The pink of the A. r. roseicollis is lighter than that of the A. r. catumbella. Juvenile birds have a pale pink face and throat, a greenish fore crown and crown, and the beak has a brownish base.

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Photo: Tia Offner · CC BY 4.0

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