I find it is confusing to use two terms and have even heard that 'parakeet' it not the correct name for them. If this is true, then is there such a bird as a parakeet? If you know please give some detail.
2007-03-15 02:58:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
It's not a mistake to call them parakeets, it is just another term for them. A parakeet one of several parrot species. The term is descriptive and used for small to medium-sized, long-tailed parrots. A Budgie is one such bird, but there are several others, including the Carolina or Green Parakeets.
2007-03-15 03:06:48 · answer #1 · answered by Luv big dogs 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Budgies are called parakeets. It is just another common name. There is no parakeet species
The first post was thinking of canaries.
Technically, I think that some people (who do not know species) calls every little bird a parakeet (lovebirds, budgies, canaries, even sun conures), and because budgies are the most common pet small bird, the name got mostly associated with them.
2007-03-15 10:11:04 · answer #2 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus, nicknamed budgie), the only species in the Australian genus Melopsittacus, is a small PARROT belonging to the tribe of the broad-tailed parrots (Platycercini); these are sometimes considered a subfamily (Platycercinae). In the latter case, the budgerigar is sometimes isolated in a tribe of its own, the Melopsittacini, but this does not seem to be correct; it is probably quite closely related to Pezoporus and Neophema.
Though budgerigars are often called PARAKEETS especially in American English, this term refers to any of a number of small parrots with long flat tails. The budgerigar is found throughout the drier parts of Australia and has survived in the inlands of that continent for over 5 million years.
2007-03-15 10:09:33 · answer #3 · answered by Aussie mum 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There are several species of parakeet, the budgerigar being one.
So Parakeet is the blanket term.
Budgerigar is the specific.
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2007-03-15 10:11:42 · answer #4 · answered by Icteridae 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
google parakeet pic. Yes there are parakeet. Myself they are birds....close enough. I think a yellow parakeeet sings, a bugie gurgles more in its throat. Parakeets are yellow or white. Budgies are greyish and look fatter.
But what do I care - birds.
2007-03-15 10:05:30 · answer #5 · answered by ButwhatdoIno? 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I have a parakeet. They can also be called budgies.
2007-03-15 10:05:57 · answer #6 · answered by bling***bling 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
budgies are indeed budgies --- parakeets can either be lorikeets or ( as i would be putting my money on ) love birds --- similar in size --- but way off in temperament --- even if you have a pair --- they'll tear you to bits --- stick to budgies . good luck
2007-03-15 10:12:42 · answer #7 · answered by bill g 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋