More than 11,000 species of birds have been identified to date. Several are kept as house pets, including cockatiels, cockatoos, and other parrot breeds, such as the budgerigar. While the name may ...

NAVASOTA - Carroll Myers uses a firm but gentle grasp as he places one of his English budgerigars into a show cage. The male bird quickly finds a spot on one of the two perches and, with no prompting ...

Amazing color variations that breeders have carefully nurtured will be displayed Saturday during the Budgerigar Association of America's Grand National Show. About 80 exhibitors from around the ...

No experience with human speech is necessary for budgerigars to perceive the difference between 'd' and 't', according to a new study. No experience with human speech is necessary for budgerigars to ...

Budgerigars use fluorescent colouring in their feathers to attract mates, a team of researchers based at the University of Queensland has discovered. Budgerigars have naturally occurring yellow ...

Listen on BBC Sounds: Siân Owen runs the charity from a mid-terraced house Hundreds of budgerigars have been helped in the first year of a charity after it was set up in a mid-terraced house.

He might not be much bigger than a pile of loose change, but Togs the budgie chick is making a big impression at the zoo where he was recently born. The adorable Togs the budgerigar is lapping up the ...

The answer to this question lies within the realms of the North Queensland Budgerigar Breeders Association, which is currently looking for new members. Wild budgerigars are native to the Australian ...