Learn More about Parakeets

Parakeets are small, gentle birds. They are orginally from Australia, where they were called budgerigars. Budgerigar was an aborigine term originally meaning "good food" but through time it has become known to mean "good bird". Parakeets have a life span of 10 to 20 years. Although most common parakeets are green with a yellow head, wing coverts and back, many color variations exists. Male has blue cere (the waxy area above nostrils), while female has a tan,