
The budgerigar is a long-tailed, seed-eating parrot usually nicknamed the budgie, or in American English, the parakeet. Budgies are the only species in the genus "Melopsittacus". Naturally, the species is green and yellow with black, scalloped markings on the nape, back, and wings.
Similar species: Parrots
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Uploaded Sep 7, 2014. Captured May 30, 2014 17:08 in 5th Cross Road, MEI Colony, Phase 3, Peenya Industrial Area, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560058, India.