Budgerigar: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the budgerigar lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Melopsittacus undulatus
Group	Parrots
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	2.15 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Psittaciformes
Family	Psittacidae

Where does the budgerigar live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the budgerigar in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia. Wikidata gives its range as: Belém, Africa.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a budgerigar?

Wikidata records the following for the budgerigar: mass 2.15 g (birth weight).

Is the budgerigar endangered?

The budgerigar’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the budgerigar?

The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) is a bird in the order Psittaciformes and the family Psittacidae, genus Melopsittacus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the budgerigar

The budgerigar ( BUJ-ər-ih-gar, -⁠ə-ree-; Melopsittacus undulatus), also known as the common parakeet, shell parakeet or budgie ( BUJ-ee), is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot native to Australia. Naturally, the species is green and yellow with black, scalloped markings on the nape, back, and wings. Budgies are bred in captivity with colouring of blues, whites, yellows, greys, and even with small crests. Juveniles and chicks are monomorphic (the sexes are visually indistinguishable), while adults are told apart by their cere colouring and their behaviour.

The species is monotypic, meaning it is the only member of the genus Melopsittacus, which is the only genus in the tribe Melopsittacini.

The budgerigar is closely related to lories and the fig parrots.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Budgerigar (revision 1372354796), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q121221 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).