budgerigar, budgie (Melopsittacus undulatus) Description
Melopsittacus undulatus
English: A painting of a Budgerigar (originally captioned "Nanodes undulatus. Undulated Parrakeet") by Edward Lear 1812-1888.
Date 28 August 2008, 04:10:00
Source originally posted to Flickr as Nanodes undulatus. Undulated parrakeet http://flickr.com/photos/23327394@N05/3742978779
Author Edward Lear (1812–1888) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lear
Original painting: Edward Lear, Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots (1832)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melopsittacus_undulatus_-Nanodes_undulatus_Undulated_parrakeet_-by_Edward_Lear_1812-1888.jpg
The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), also known as the common pet 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. Order: Psittaciformes, Family: Psittaculidae, Subfamily: Loriinae, Tribe: Melopsittacini, Genus: Melopsittacus, Species: Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805).
