The Budgerigar also known as the Common Pet Parakeet or Shell Parakeet and informally nicknamed the “Budgie” is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot. Budgerigars are found wild throughout the drier parts of Australia where the species have survived for the last five million years.
Wild budgerigars are usually found to be mostly green in colour. Selective breeding by breeders over the years has caused changes in colour