A Budgerigar is a small, colorful bird commonly known as a budgie or common parakeet. Native to Australia, they're popular pets due to their playful personalities and ability to mimic sounds, including human speech.
Budgies are members of the parrot family, along with the cockatoos and macaws.
An adult budgerigar weighs between 25 and 35g, equal to a small bag of crisps. They have a very high metabolism eating their body weight in the morning and again at night.
A budgie's heart beats 300-500 times a minute. The human heart beats 75 times a minute.
Some budgies can mimic up to 70 human phrases. and are said to assign names to their offspring.
Males are better at talking than females.
In the 1950s Sparkie the budgie had a repertoire of 383 sentences.
The budgerigar species was first recorded in 1805. Naturalist John Gould brought the first budgie from Australia in 1840. Today it's the third most popular pet in the world, after dogs and cats.
Budgerigars are well adapted to their desert habitat and can survive for a month without drinking.
Budgies glow in the dark; females are attracted to males with feathers that absorb ultraviolet, thus making them glow.
“Budgerigar” is a version of the Aboriginal for ‘good bird’.
Sources Daily Mail, Radio Times
An adult budgerigar weighs between 25 and 35g, equal to a small bag of crisps. They have a very high metabolism eating their body weight in the morning and again at night.
A budgie's heart beats 300-500 times a minute. The human heart beats 75 times a minute.
Some budgies can mimic up to 70 human phrases. and are said to assign names to their offspring.
Males are better at talking than females.
In the 1950s Sparkie the budgie had a repertoire of 383 sentences.
The largest recorded vocabulary for a talking bird belongs to a budgerigar named Puck. He was credited by Guinness World Records in 1995 for knowing an impressive 1,728 words.
The budgerigar species was first recorded in 1805. Naturalist John Gould brought the first budgie from Australia in 1840. Today it's the third most popular pet in the world, after dogs and cats.
Budgerigars are well adapted to their desert habitat and can survive for a month without drinking.
Budgies glow in the dark; females are attracted to males with feathers that absorb ultraviolet, thus making them glow.
“Budgerigar” is a version of the Aboriginal for ‘good bird’.
Sources Daily Mail, Radio Times
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