Budgerigar, the Glossary
The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), also known as the common parakeet, shell parakeet or budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot.[1]
Table of Contents
97 relations: Albinism, Ancient Greek, Animal show, Australia, Australian English, Beak, Bird egg, Bird fancier's lung, Bird nest, Birth defect, Blue budgerigar mutation, Breeding pair, Budgerigar colour genetics, Captivity (animal), Cat, Clearflight Pied budgerigar mutation, Cockatoo, Color vision, Common starling, Cone cell, Courtship, Crest (feathers), Crossed beak, Cuttlebone, Cyclopsitta, Dark budgerigar mutation, Diet (nutrition), Dilute budgerigar mutation, Disney's Contemporary Resort, Dog, Dominance hierarchy, Down feather, Drought, Ensembl genome database project, Exercise, Farm, Feather, Feral, Fig parrot, Fledge, Flight, Florida, Food, Gamilaraay language, George Shaw (biologist), Grassland, Guinness World Records, Herd, House sparrow, Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, ... Expand index (47 more) »
- Birds described in 1805
- Feral parrots
- Platycercini
- Talking birds
Albinism
Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and skin and reddish pink or blue eyes.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.
See Budgerigar and Ancient Greek
Animal show
An animal show is a form of exhibition featuring the display or performance of one or more breeds of animal.
See Budgerigar and Animal show
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Australian English
Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia.
See Budgerigar and Australian English
Beak
The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals.
Bird egg
Bird eggs are laid by the females and range in quantity from one (as in condors) to up to seventeen (the grey partridge).
Bird fancier's lung
Bird fancier's lung (BFL), also known as bird breeder's lung, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
See Budgerigar and Bird fancier's lung
Bird nest
A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young.
Birth defect
A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is an abnormal condition that is present at birth regardless of its cause.
See Budgerigar and Birth defect
Blue budgerigar mutation
The Blue budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars.
See Budgerigar and Blue budgerigar mutation
Breeding pair
Breeding pair is a pair of animals which cooperate over time to produce offspring with some form of a bond between the individuals.
See Budgerigar and Breeding pair
Budgerigar colour genetics
The science of budgerigar color genetics deals with the heredity of mutations which cause color variation in the feathers of the species known scientifically as Melopsittacus undulatus.
See Budgerigar and Budgerigar colour genetics
Captivity (animal)
Animal captivity is the confinement of domestic and wild animals.
See Budgerigar and Captivity (animal)
Cat
The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.
Clearflight Pied budgerigar mutation
The Clearflight Pied budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars.
See Budgerigar and Clearflight Pied budgerigar mutation
Cockatoo
A cockatoo is any of the 21 species of parrots belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea.
Color vision
Color vision, a feature of visual perception, is an ability to perceive differences between light composed of different frequencies independently of light intensity.
See Budgerigar and Color vision
Common starling
The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling in North America and simply as the starling in Great Britain and Ireland, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. Budgerigar and common starling are talking birds.
See Budgerigar and Common starling
Cone cell
Cone cells or cones are photoreceptor cells in the retinas of vertebrates' eyes.
Courtship
Courtship is the period wherein some couples get to know each other prior to a possible marriage or committed romantic, de facto relationship.
Crest (feathers)
The crest is a prominent feature exhibited by several bird and other dinosaur species on their heads.
See Budgerigar and Crest (feathers)
Crossed beak
Crossed beak, also known as cross beak and scissor beak, is a congenital deformity in birds, particularly poultry, where the upper and lower parts of the beak do not align properly.
See Budgerigar and Crossed beak
Cuttlebone
Cuttlebone, also known as cuttlefish bone, is a hard, brittle internal structure (an internal shell) found in all members of the family Sepiidae, commonly known as cuttlefish, within the cephalopods.
Cyclopsitta
Cyclopsitta is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
See Budgerigar and Cyclopsitta
Dark budgerigar mutation
The Dark budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars.
See Budgerigar and Dark budgerigar mutation
Diet (nutrition)
In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.
See Budgerigar and Diet (nutrition)
Dilute budgerigar mutation
The Dilute budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars.
See Budgerigar and Dilute budgerigar mutation
Disney's Contemporary Resort
Disney's Contemporary Resort, originally to be named Tempo Bay Hotel and previously the Contemporary Resort Hotel, is a resort located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida.
See Budgerigar and Disney's Contemporary Resort
Dog
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.
Dominance hierarchy
In the zoological field of ethology, a dominance hierarchy (formerly and colloquially called a pecking order) is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of animal social groups interact, creating a ranking system.
See Budgerigar and Dominance hierarchy
Down feather
The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers.
See Budgerigar and Down feather
Drought
A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.
Ensembl genome database project
Ensembl genome database project is a scientific project at the European Bioinformatics Institute, which provides a centralized resource for geneticists, molecular biologists and other researchers studying the genomes of our own species and other vertebrates and model organisms.
See Budgerigar and Ensembl genome database project
Exercise
Exercise is physical activity that enhances or maintains fitness and overall health.
Farm
A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production.
Feather
Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs.
Feral
A feral animal or plant is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals.
Fig parrot
Fig parrots (Cyclopsittini) are a small tribe of Australasian parrots in the family Psittaculidae, made up of seven species in two genera (Cyclopsitta and Psittaculirostris).
Fledge
Fledging is the stage in a flying animal's life between hatching or birth and becoming capable of flight.
Flight
Flight or flying is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface, either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e. spaceflight).
Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Food
Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support.
Gamilaraay language
The Gamilaraay or Kamilaroi language is a Pama–Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup found mostly in south-eastern Australia.
See Budgerigar and Gamilaraay language
George Shaw (biologist)
George Kearsley Shaw (10 December 1751 – 22 July 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist.
See Budgerigar and George Shaw (biologist)
Grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae).
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
See Budgerigar and Guinness World Records
Herd
A herd is a social group of certain animals of the same species, either wild or domestic.
House sparrow
The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world.
See Budgerigar and House sparrow
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) or extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) is a syndrome caused by the repetitive inhalation of antigens from the environment in susceptible or sensitized people.
See Budgerigar and Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Ino budgerigar mutation
The Ino budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars.
See Budgerigar and Ino budgerigar mutation
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
John Gould
John Gould (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Liverpool Plains
The Liverpool Plains are an extensive agricultural area covering about of the north-western slopes of New South Wales in Australia.
See Budgerigar and Liverpool Plains
Loriini
Loriini is a tribe of small to medium-sized arboreal parrots characterized by their specialized brush-tipped tongues for feeding on nectar of various blossoms and soft fruits, preferably berries.
Lovebird
Lovebird is the common name for the genus Agapornis, a small group of parrots in the Old World parrot family Psittaculidae.
Mutation
In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA.
Neophema
The genus Neophema is an Australian genus with six or seven species.
Nest box
A nest box, also spelled nestbox, is a man-made enclosure provided for animals to nest in.
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
See Budgerigar and New South Wales
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
Opportunistic breeder
Flexible or opportunistic breeders mate whenever the conditions of their environment become favorable.
See Budgerigar and Opportunistic breeder
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
See Budgerigar and Oxford University Press
Parakeet
A parakeet is any one of many small- to medium-sized species of parrot, in multiple genera, that generally has long tail feathers.
Parrot
Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines, are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet.
Pezoporus
Pezoporus is a genus of parrot endemic to Australia.
Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.
See Budgerigar and Phylogenetics
Plumage
Plumage is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers.
Poaceae
Poaceae, also called Gramineae, is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses.
Precociality and altriciality
Precocial species in birds and mammals are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching.
See Budgerigar and Precociality and altriciality
Psittaculirostris
Psittaculirostris is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
See Budgerigar and Psittaculirostris
Recessive Pied budgerigar mutation
The Recessive Pied budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars.
See Budgerigar and Recessive Pied budgerigar mutation
Reproduction
Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – "offspring" – are produced from their "parent" or parents.
See Budgerigar and Reproduction
Seed
In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).
Sex
Sex is the biological trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes.
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.
See Budgerigar and Sexual dimorphism
Shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes.
Sparkie Williams
Sparkie Williams (1954–1962) was a talking budgie who had a repertoire of more than 500 words and eight nursery rhymes, becoming a national celebrity after fronting an advertising campaign for Capern's bird seed, and making a record which sold 20,000 copies.
See Budgerigar and Sparkie Williams
Splint (medicine)
A splint is defined as "a rigid or flexible device that maintains in position a displaced or movable part; also used to keep in place and protect an injured part" or as "a rigid or flexible material used to protect, immobilize, or restrict motion in a part".
See Budgerigar and Splint (medicine)
Spraddle leg
Spraddle leg, also called splayed leg, is a condition in poultry in which the legs of newly born chicks are splayed laterally, meaning that they are unable to bear weight.
See Budgerigar and Spraddle leg
St. Petersburg, Florida
St.
See Budgerigar and St. Petersburg, Florida
Sunlight
Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light.
Swarm behaviour
Swarm behaviour, or swarming, is a collective behaviour exhibited by entities, particularly animals, of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot or perhaps moving en masse or migrating in some direction.
See Budgerigar and Swarm behaviour
Swim briefs
A swim brief or racing brief is any briefs-style male swimsuit such as those worn in competitive swimming, diving and water polo.
See Budgerigar and Swim briefs
Talking bird
Talking birds are birds that can mimic the speech of humans. Budgerigar and Talking bird are talking birds.
See Budgerigar and Talking bird
Tetrachromacy
Tetrachromacy (from Greek tetra, meaning "four" and chroma, meaning "color") is the condition of possessing four independent channels for conveying color information, or possessing four types of cone cell in the eye.
See Budgerigar and Tetrachromacy
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily.
See Budgerigar and Tribe (biology)
Triodia (plant)
Triodia is a large genus of hummock grass endemic to Australia.
See Budgerigar and Triodia (plant)
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays.
See Budgerigar and Ultraviolet
Violet budgerigar mutation
The violet budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars.
See Budgerigar and Violet budgerigar mutation
Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
Wheat
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a staple food around the world.
Whipper (budgerigar)
Whipper is a budgerigar from Winton, Southland District, New Zealand.
See Budgerigar and Whipper (budgerigar)
Whistling
Whistling, without the use of an artificial whistle, is achieved by creating a small opening with one's lips, usually after applying moisture (licking one's lips or placing water upon them) and then blowing or sucking air through the space.
Wood
Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
Woodland
A woodland is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the plurale tantum woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (see differences between British, American and Australian English explained below).
See also
Birds described in 1805
- Australian ringneck
- Black-bellied seedcracker
- Black-necked weaver
- Budgerigar
- Chestnut-winged chachalaca
- Crab-plover
- Hooded siskin
- Orange weaver
- Red-fronted tinkerbird
- Western bluebill
Feral parrots
- Alexandrine parakeet
- Blue-and-yellow macaw
- Blue-fronted amazon
- Budgerigar
- Eastern rosella
- Feral parakeets in Great Britain
- Feral parrot
- Lilac-crowned amazon
- Mitred parakeet
- Monk parakeet
- Nanday parakeet
- Orange-winged amazon
- Red-crowned amazon
- Red-lored amazon
- Red-masked parakeet
- Rose-ringed parakeet
- Scaly-headed parrot
- The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
- White-fronted amazon
- Yellow-chevroned parakeet
- Yellow-crested cockatoo
- Yellow-headed amazon
Platycercini
- Australian ringneck
- Broad-tailed parrot
- Budgerigar
- Cyanoramphus
- Eastern bluebonnet
- Eunymphicus
- Naretha bluebonnet
- Platycercus
- Prosopeia
- Psephotellus
- Psephotus
- Red-capped parrot
- Swift parrot
Talking birds
- Barred parakeet
- Blue-and-yellow macaw
- Blue-fronted amazon
- Budgerigar
- Cockatiel
- Common hill myna
- Common myna
- Common raven
- Common starling
- Corvus
- Galah
- Grey parrot
- Hyacinth macaw
- Little corella
- Long-billed corella
- Lutino cockatiel
- Military macaw
- Monk parakeet
- Orange-winged amazon
- Palm cockatoo
- Parrotlet
- Pied cockatiel
- Psittacus
- Red-and-green macaw
- Red-crowned amazon
- Red-shouldered macaw
- Red-tailed black cockatoo
- Salmon-crested cockatoo
- Scarlet macaw
- Sulphur-crested cockatoo
- Sun conure
- Talking bird
- Timneh parrot
- Triton cockatoo
- Tūī
- Western corella
- White-faced cockatiel
- White-fronted amazon
- White-necked raven
- Yellow-headed amazon
- Yellow-naped amazon
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgerigar
Also known as American Budgie, Australian parrot, Budgericar, Budgerigah, Budgerigard, Budgerigars, Budgie (bird), Budgie bird, Budgie birds, Budgies, Common Pet Parakeet, Context speaking budgies, English Budgie, Melopsittacini, Melopsittacus, Melopsittacus undulatus, Ryan B. Reynolds, Shell Parakeet, Victor (bird), Victor (budgerigar).
, Ino budgerigar mutation, Japan, John Gould, Latin, Liverpool Plains, Loriini, Lovebird, Mutation, Neophema, Nest box, New South Wales, NPR, Opportunistic breeder, Oxford University Press, Parakeet, Parrot, Pezoporus, Phylogenetics, Plumage, Poaceae, Precociality and altriciality, Psittaculirostris, Recessive Pied budgerigar mutation, Reproduction, Seed, Sex, Sexual dimorphism, Shrubland, Sparkie Williams, Splint (medicine), Spraddle leg, St. Petersburg, Florida, Sunlight, Swarm behaviour, Swim briefs, Talking bird, Tetrachromacy, Tribe (biology), Triodia (plant), Ultraviolet, Violet budgerigar mutation, Water, Wheat, Whipper (budgerigar), Whistling, Wood, Woodland.