Parrots (Psittacidae)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) - HBW 4, p. 384
French: Perruche ondulée
German: Wellensittich
Spanish: Periquito Común
Other common names: Shell Parakeet
Taxonomy: Psittacus undulatus Shaw, 1805, New South Wales.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia, mainly away from coasts and absent from Cape York Peninsula. Feral in C Florida, USA.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several birds with a Blak-faced Woodswallow, then one bird with Pictorella- and Long-tailed Finch. Locality Western Australia, Australia
Max Roth 29 May 2005 3 years ago 47 sec 4.5 -
Several birds on the top of a tree, then drinking water from a small river. Locality Kimberley Plateau, Western Australia, Australia
Max Roth 29 May 2005 3 years ago 47 sec 4.2 -
A bird preening. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 2 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A group perched on a eucalyptus branch Locality Carpet Springs, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1995 6 years ago 30 sec 3.2 -
A group of birds in a tree getting ready to roost. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 43 sec 3
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single bird perched, mid-call with tongue sticking out
Locality Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Mat Gilfedder 26 April 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Male bird
Locality Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
picopluma 7 August 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Three wild birds perched on a branch
Locality Birdsville Track, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 2 October 2010 46 weeks ago 3.4 -
A pair. (Yellow male and blue female)
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 10 October 2010 13 weeks ago 3.2 -
A pair of wild-type budgerigars female with pink cere male with blue. Note bent tail on female due to nest sitting.
Locality Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nathan Gregory 28 September 2011 17 weeks ago 3 -
Perched
Locality Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 26 May 2008 43 weeks ago 2.9
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Groupe Locality Vogelpark Steinen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(Monotypic species)
Michael C 1 January 2008 2 years ago 3
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