Budgerigar - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Mike Bouette
Near Cobra Station, Western Australia, Australia, July 2008

Melopsittacus undulatus

Identification

18 cm

• Light green body
• Black mantle
• Yellow face and forehead
• Purple cheek patch
• Three black throat spots
• Dark blue tail
• Green-black flight feathers
• Olive-grey bill
• Blue-grey legs

Photo by Mat & Cathy
Kunoth Well, near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, October 2004

Distribution

Widespread and locally abundant in interior of Australia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Mulga scrubland, open dry woodland and grassland.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes grass seeds.

Breeding

They nest in a tree hole. The 4-6 eggs are incubated for 18-21 days, the young fledging about 30 days later.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Budgerigar. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Budgerigar

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