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Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatusOrder: PSITTACIFORMES Family: Parakeets and Parrots (Psittacidae)
Codes: Common Name: BUDG Scientific Name: MELUND ITIS Taxonomic No.: 177597
Budgerigar Portrait
Family
Species Melopsittacus undulatus
Length7 Inches
Wingspan Inches

Budgerigar

Budgerigar: Small parakeet, mostly green in its wild form and may have varying amounts blue, white, or yellow in feral U.S. populations. Has a characteristic pug face, and most have finely barred upperparts. Feeds primarily on grass seeds. Birds in a flock fly in a charecteristic undulating manner.

● Song: "chirrup"

● Foraging & Feeding: Budgerigar: Feeds on seeds, especially grass seeds, by foraging on the ground along roads or in open grasslands. In its native Australia, large flocks travel across arid areas in search of food and water, with congregations reaching up to 15,000 birds.

● Breeding & nesting: Budgerigar: Breeds at almost any time of year, whenever food is abundant. Lays four to eight white eggs in a tree cavity; nests communally and may share cavities. Female incubates eggs for 18 days while male brings her food. Chicks take 35 days to fledge.

● Similar species: Budgerigar: None in range.

Flight Pattern

Flight swift, flocks dip and rise slightly or twist and turn as they fly.
Budgerigar Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Budgerigar: Widespread in the dry interior of Australia, but populations of escaped cage birds now established at many sites around the world including parts of Florida. Preferred habitats include grasslands, open dry woodlands, farmlands, and roadsides.
BreedingMonogamous, Communal nester
Population
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight1 Ounces
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The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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