The bird's owner had housed the parakeet in an appropriate sized cage with a male budgerigar of unknown age. The diet consisted of mixed seeds and a small variety of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Can you just tell us, please, a little bit about the bird, about where it actually lives, what kind of habitat and various things like that so we get a picture of the wild budgerigar? P: Yes well ...

BUDGERIGARS, or Budgies as they are more commonly known, are the world’s most popular caged bird, and though they come in many attractive colour forms, there is no substitute for the natural form – ...