Birds · Psittaciformes · Psittacidae
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatus
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The budgerigar is the smallest parrot in Australia and the most widely kept pet bird in the world after the chicken. In the wild it is green and yellow with finely barred upperparts, and it forms nomadic flocks of thousands of birds that range across the arid Australian interior following the rains. All the captive colour varieties, from blue to white, come from mutations selected since the nineteenth century.
Weight
30 g – 40 g
Size
18 cm – 20 cm
Life expectancy
15 years
