What is Budgerigar?
{{Taxobox | color = | name = Budgerigar | status = LC | status_ref = |status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Melopsittacus undulatus.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Female Budgerigar of natural coloration | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Psittaciformes]] | familia = [[Psittaculidae]] | genus = '''''Melopsittacus''''' | genus_authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1840 | species = '''''M. undulatus''''' | binomial = ''Melopsittacus undulatus'' | binomial_authority = ([[George Shaw|Shaw]], [[1805]]) }} The '''budgerigar''' ([[nickname]]d '''''budgie''','' [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] '''''Melopsittacus undulatus''''') is a small [[parrot]]. It belongs to the [[family (biology)|family]] of [[Old World]] [[Parakeet|parakeets]] (Psittaculidae). Budgerigars are often called ''parakeets'', especially in [[American English]]. The term ''Parakeet'' refers to many types of small parrots with long flat tails. The budgerigar is found in drier parts of [[Australia]]. It has lived there for over 5 million years.<ref>{{cite web | title =Dr. Marshall's Philosophy on Breeding Exhibition Budgerigars | publisher =Bird Health | date =2004 | url =http://www.birdhealth.com.au/bird/budgie/article.html | accessdate =2007-01-19 | archive-date =2004-08-11 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20040811184656/http://www.birdhealth.com.au/bird/budgie/article.html | url-status =dead }}</ref> It is commonly kept as a [[pet]]. Budgies are intelligent birds and can be taught to mimic human speech. == Other websites == * [http://www.holisticbirds.com/HBN01/june/pages/budgie1.htm A True Ambassador: the Budgerigar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108080755/http://www.holisticbirds.com/HBN01/june/pages/budgie1.htm |date=2007-01-08 }} Referenced article on budgerigars * [http://www.budgies.org/info/plants.html List of Plants & Branches Hazardous to Birds] Referenced list oriented toward pet birds * [https://zoobig.net/collections/bird