A small, long-tailed colorful parakeet native to Australia, with green, blue, yellow, and white plumage, commonly kept as a cage bird and pet.
From Dharug (Aboriginal Australian language) 'budgeri' meaning 'good' and 'gar' meaning 'cockatoo'; the name literally means 'good cockatoo.' The term entered English during the colonial period when Europeans encountered the bird.
Budgerigars are one of Australia's most successful exports—a bird so adaptable that it thrives in captivity worldwide, becoming the third most popular pet bird globally after chickens and pigeons, all traced back to Aboriginal knowledge of the species!
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