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A domestic half-sider budgerigar. A half-sider budgerigar is an unusual congenital condition that causes a budgerigar to display one color on one side of its body and a different color on the other.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. Small, long-tailed, seed-eating parakeet Budgerigar Temporal range: Pliocene–Holocene Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Blue cere indicates male Flaking brown cere indicates female in breeding condition Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain ...
The Australian budgerigar, or shell parakeet, is a popular pet and the most common parakeet. Parakeets comprise about 115 species of birds that are seed-eating parrots of small size, slender build, and long, tapering tails.
The Anthracite budgerigar mutation is an extremely rare mutation that occurs in the budgerigar.The mutation, similar to the Violet budgerigar mutation, causes a difference in the coloring of budgerigars.
The Clearwing budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars.It is the underlying mutation of the Clearwing variety, often known as Yellowwings in the green series and Whitewings in the blue series.
The Yellowface I Skyblue variety is the same in appearance as a normal Skyblue except that the forehead and mask, which is white in the normal Skyblue, is replaced by bright yellow, the short tail feathers show yellow instead of the normal white, and the undulations on the wings are often faint yellow.
The genetics of the several Yellowface mutations and their relation to the Blue mutation are not yet fully and definitively understood. [4] [5]Much confusion and misunderstanding have arisen because the popular names given to these mutations are misleading.
Feather duster budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus), sometimes called budgerigar mops, are budgerigars that have a condition characterised by overly long feathers that do not stop growing at usual periods, giving the bird the appearance of a feather duster.