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 ...

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 ...

Even more surprising for many is what their lifespan actually depends on. Despite often being kept in poor conditions, ...

Bird lovers, scientifically referred to as ornithologists, were chirpy to be in Launceston on Saturday as the North hosted Australia's's biggest budgerigar event. Northern Tasmania born and bred.

Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The 49th Annual Expert ANBC National Titles will name 29 champion budgies, each representing a different class ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michael Palin presents the wild budgerigar from Australia. Budgerigars are small Australian parrots whose common name may derive from the aboriginal "Betcherrygah' which, roughly speaking, means "good ...

Australia’s iconic budgie has been immortalised on a set of three Australia Post stamps. We’re super excited for one of our very favourite feathered-friend photographers, Leila Jeffreys, who recently ...

After coming through a tough phase marked by drought and bushfires, some inland Australian bird species are now thriving after a plentiful amount of rain. After a tough year, some Australian inland ...

Imperiously, she deigns to turn her perfect forehead in our direction, looking down upon us from her high perch like a queen surveying her subjects. As well she might. 2,355 budgerigars and 183 ...

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