#0843 · 🐦 birds

Budgerigar

🇳🇱 Grasparkiet ·Melopsittacus undulatus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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what is it?

The budgerigar ( Melopsittacus undulatus ) /ˈbʌdʒərɪɡɑːr/, also known as the common parakeet or shell parakeet and informally nicknamed the budgie , is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot. Budgerigars are the only species in the Australian genus Melopsittacus and are found wild throughout the drier parts of Australia where the species has survived harsh inland conditions for the last five million years. Budgerigars are naturally green and yellow with black, scalloped markings on the nape, back and wings, but...

base stats

NL sightings 11iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,151iNaturalist observations
weight 2.2 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).