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The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) /ËbÊdÊÉrÉ¨É¡Ér/ , also known as common pet parakeet or shell parakeet and informally nicknamed the budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot.he budgerigar is closely related to the lories and the fig parrots. They are one of the parakeet species, a non-taxonomical term that refers to any of a number of small parrots with long, flat and tapered tails. In both captivity and the wild, budgerigars breed opportunistically and in pairs.
The word budgerigar comes from the aboriginal people of Australia, the budgie homeland. We like to use budgie as a shortened version of budgerigar. In English, budgerigar or budgie is a more accurate name, because parakeet actually refers to a large group of small to medium sized parrot species.