Budgerigar

How to identify

Field marks

1. Wild adults have pale green body, yellow forehead and face
2. Wild birds have black wavy markings on nape, back and wings
3. Wild birds have blue-violet cheeks and black spots at sides of throat
4. Wild birds have blue tail, with yellow patches on outer tail feathers

Male, female and young

Adult males usually have a blue cere, except in some color morphs; females usually have a pale brown or white cere in the non-breeding season and a brown cere in the breeding season.

Where and when it's recorded

Budgerigar has been recorded at 419 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 53 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Bowra Wildlife SanctuaryAustralia1,528 records
2. Alice Springs Sewage PondsAustralia315 records
3. Broome Bird ObservatoryAustralia315 records

Countries and regions with the most records

AustraliaUnited StatesChinaPortugalCanadaUnited Arab EmiratesSpainThailand

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The budgerigar, also known as the common parakeet, shell parakeet or budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot native to Australia. Budgies are bred in captivity with colouring of blues, whites, yellows, greys, and even with small crests. Juveniles and chicks are monomorphic (the sexes are visually indistinguishable), while adults are told apart by their cere colouring and their behaviour.

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