Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
What do they eat?
One of Australia's iconic parrots, their diet consists almost entirely of grass seeds with the occasional feed of herbaceous material. Famout for huge flocks of green, the Budgie sweeps through arid lands following the flush of seeding grasslands.
Where do they live?
Inhabiting the vast majority of the arid interior of Australia the Budgie is a nomad. Flocks shift from grassland to grassland migrating to the southern part of their range in spring and the north in autumn. They can be found in the tree lined warercourses, and timbered grasslands as well as mallee scrub, mulga scrub and Spinifex desert country.
Some interesting facts!
The Budgie is a gregarious species not only living in tight flocks but multiple pairs will nest in the hollows of the same tree. This gregarious breeding behaviour has contributed to their success as an Australian cage bird. This has produced many domesticated forms and colour variations over many years of captivity.
Like schooling fish, these parrots appear to move as one in dense, wheeling and banking flocks. Budgerigars are nomadic and ofter cover large distances across inland Australia to feed on fallen grass seed. Like other parrots, they depend on hollows for nesting sites. While the female of each pair incubates up to 6 or more eggs, her mate brings her food.
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