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 ...

Who would have thought the budgerigar, Australia’s most petite parrot and a denizen of our arid and semi-arid inland, would become the most popular pet bird in the world? The budgerigar’s world ...

Poke about in many a memory, and bingo, there’s often a budgie. In Mark Carter’s case it’s Bluey, an ’80s childhood pet last sighted in a gnarled old pear tree on the banks of the Annick Water in ...

They might have the highest bouffant, the brightest colours and the most delicate markings, but a prize-winning budgie can't be a champion unless it has the right stance — and a pair of "good strong ...

The 49th Annual Expert ANBC National Titles will name 29 champion budgies, each representing a different class of bird such as rainbow, opaline or albino varieties. Troy Holmes, delegate to the ...

As a little indigenous bird with a very big backstory, the budgerigar owes much to South Australia – its main gateway to an infatuated world in the late 1800s It was here that John Foglia established ...

Thousands of brilliant budgerigars are flocking to the Australian outback thanks to perfect breeding conditions across the country. Mark Carter, Alice Springs bird watcher and trained zoologist, said ...

Toby was indulged in every respect and privy to the most important discussions of budget and policy among the prime minister and senior members of his cabinet. At breakfast Toby would be there ...

Bruce Schuster pampers his budgerigars with shampoo spritzes and a daily superfood medley. "My wife thinks they're better fed than she is," the 77-year-old says. "It's got all the nice vitamins in ...

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 ...

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