Who would have thought the budgerigar, Australia’s most petite parrot and a denizen of our arid and semi-arid inland, would become the most popular pet bird in the world? The budgerigar’s world ...

They might have the highest bouffant, the brightest colours and the most delicate markings, but a prize-winning budgie can't be a champion unless it has the right stance — and a pair of "good strong ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The 49th Annual Expert ANBC National Titles will name 29 champion budgies, each representing a different class ...

Bird lovers, scientifically referred to as ornithologists, were chirpy to be in Launceston on Saturday as the North hosted Australia's's biggest budgerigar event. Northern Tasmania born and bred.

As a little indigenous bird with a very big backstory, the budgerigar owes much to South Australia – its main gateway to an infatuated world in the late 1800s It was here that John Foglia established ...

Toby was indulged in every respect and privy to the most important discussions of budget and policy among the prime minister and senior members of his cabinet. At breakfast Toby would be there ...

Budgerigar: How a Brave, Chatty and Colourful Little Aussie Bird Stole the World's Heart, by Sarah Harris and Don Baker. Allen & Unwin. $29.99. Budgies really do look best in yellow and green. Picture ...

Michael Palin presents the wild budgerigar from Australia. Budgerigars are small Australian parrots whose common name may derive from the aboriginal "Betcherrygah' which, roughly speaking, means "good ...

Imperiously, she deigns to turn her perfect forehead in our direction, looking down upon us from her high perch like a queen surveying her subjects. As well she might. 2,355 budgerigars and 183 ...

It’s a wonder that any of us get anything done with birds flying around looking like that. It looks so proud of itself with all those colours. The scarlet-chested parrot (Neophema splendida) is one of ...

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