what is the difference between a budgie and a parakeet?

Question

I've always known them as parakeets, but now I'm in Canada and everyone calls them Budgies (and won't budge on it)
I went to the pet store for a new cage and they had two types of birds for sale "Parakeets" in one cage and "Budgies" in the other. The Parakeets were $21.99 and the Budgies were $17.99. THEY LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME. The teenagers who worked there didn't know what the difference was.

Answer 1

Nothing. In the US budgie and parakeet are the same thing. There are larger parrot species called parakeets such as the ring necked parakeets. These are a totally different genus. A little confusing, I know. In the US, though, most people use the name parakeet for budgies. In fact, non-bird people often do not know what you are talking about if you say budgie!

Answer 2

The name "Budgerigar", (pronounced: budge-ree-gar), is the proper term for the "parakeet" type bird we are used to seeing.
They are the same bird. There are 2 types of "Budgies": the smaller American budgie, or parakeet, and the larger "English Budgie".
While I am unfamiliar with how they were bred to different sizes, I believe they are of the same species.
The term "Parakeet" refers to birds that have a long tail, such as the Quaker, or Monk Parakeet, the budgie, and the Indian Ringneck.
I think I am correct on this one but I'm not sure. If there are people out there who can correct the parts where I am shaky in my information, please help me out.
Thank you.

Answer 3

There are many members of the psittacidae (parrot) family. As far as common names go, in general, parrots have short tails and parakeets have longer tails. The size of the bird has very little to do with the name. Budgerigars, or Budgies for short, are a small parakeet orginally from Australia. In the US we just call them parakeets, probably because Budgerigar is too hard to spell and even harder to pronounce! :-)

There are a number of parakeets that are kept as pets, some of which are quite large. Budgies are the most commonly kept. They are easy to breed and controlled breeding has developed a wide range of colors. In the wild they are naturally green with yellow faces. They can be very good pets, though not as long lived as some of the larger birds.

Answer 4

Parakeets are a relatives of distinctive parrot varieties. The budgerigar or budgie is in simple terms one among numerous varieties of parakeet. A budgie is a variety of parakeet. yet A parakeet isnt a budgie or isnt a variety of budgie. the hassle-free utilization of the term parakeet , enormously interior the u . s ., isn't the superb term for the budgerigar, no count how a lot of human beings choose for to apply the be conscious Parakeet fairly of budgie or budgerigar. --------------------------------------... Parakeets belong to the parrot relatives and the be conscious "Parakeet" means long tail. they are small to medium sized parrots with long, tapered tail feathers fairly than the bigger parrots with stockier bodies and squarish tails. those colourful, graceful birds are finished of potential! Being flock birds, parakeets are very social with one yet another and with human beings. They love interest and make marvelous pets. The parakeet genera are contemporary in lots of the numerous parrot sub-households and basic there are approximately one hundred twenty species with many sub-species. they arrive from many distinctive habitats in the time of Asia, Australia, tropical and sub-tropical areas of Africa, substantial u.s. and South u.s.. Parakeets may well be ------------------ Alexandrine Parakeet Budgerigars - Parakeets Derbyan Parakeet jap Rosella Indian Ringneck Parakeet Plum-headed Parakeet Quaker Parakeet Regent Parakeet so the term parakeet isnt yet another call for a budgie...that's a species of numerous varieties of parrots. in simple terms because of the fact parakeet is often utilized with the aid of human beings to describe a budgie doesnt make it the actual or different call of a budgie. seems to me that on the full the u . s . likes to rename issues.... The budgie or budgerigar is a Parakeet or keet The puppy variety budgie interior the U. S. is named an American Budgie.............. nowhere else are they referred to as AMERICAN The tutor variety Budgie interior the u . s . is named an "English" ............yet they arent referred to as ENGLISH in england or australia The budgerigar is an Australian fowl, in spite of the place it lives. If we are able to tutor ourselves no count how old we are or the place we live....then why do knowledgeable human beings nevertheless call budgies KEETS ??

Answer 5

not any difference at all.origonally from australia where they were all light green in colour and called betcherigar ( which meant good to eat) they only bred when the rains came thus ensuring plenty of new seedling grasses growing to feed the young which were raised in holes in tree trunks and branches.5-7 white eggs were laid(birds that lay eggs in dark nest do not need to camouflage them thus they are white).once we domesticate a species we then start to produce different colours an example could be a blue chick appears in the nest but some of it's nest mates will be carrying the blue gene(hidden fron sight)but pair up two of these birds which could be visual green and the chicks will be blue.different breeders will manipulate the truth to enhance the selling price,perhaps i should call my budgerigars exhibition parakeets to improve my finances or would i be liable to a visit from the trading standards officer.i would point out to your local pet supplier that it is not a parakeet they have for sale and if they denine this challenge them for the source of the information,it certainly was not charles darwin.

Answer 6

Budgies are a type of parakeets.

There are many different parakeet species. For instance, I have an Indian Ringneck Parakeet, but he is much larger than my budgies.

http://www.indianringneck.com/

Answer 7

The small pet bird you often see in petstores is a budgerigar (budgie for short). Here is a picture of a budgerigar from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgerigar. Many people call budgerigars parakeets but technially they are not parakeets. The term "parakeet" refers to one of a number of species of parrot. These are larger (and more expensive) birds than are budgerigars and are not as commonly kept as pets.

Answer 8

Budgies and Parakeets are the same. No difference at all.

Answer 9

Most all the birds you see in pet stores are budgies. But I don't think there is a difference.

Answer 10

They are basically the same thing. Extra large parakeets are generally called budgies.