Who would have thought the budgerigar, Australia’s most petite parrot and a denizen of our arid and semi-arid inland, would become the most popular pet bird in the world? The budgerigar’s world ...

They might have the highest bouffant, the brightest colours and the most delicate markings, but a prize-winning budgie can't be a champion unless it has the right stance — and a pair of "good strong ...

The 49th Annual Expert ANBC National Titles will name 29 champion budgies, each representing a different class of bird such as rainbow, opaline or albino varieties. Troy Holmes, delegate to the ...

Bird lovers, scientifically referred to as ornithologists, were chirpy to be in Launceston on Saturday as the North hosted Australia's's biggest budgerigar event. Northern Tasmania born and bred.

Toby was indulged in every respect and privy to the most important discussions of budget and policy among the prime minister and senior members of his cabinet. At breakfast Toby would be there ...

As a little indigenous bird with a very big backstory, the budgerigar owes much to South Australia – its main gateway to an infatuated world in the late 1800s It was here that John Foglia established ...

Mr Carter, who has bred birds for about the 30 years he has lived in Revesby, won a swag of sashes with fellow members of the Pied Budgerigar Society of Australia at the Sydney Royal Easter Show this ...

Bruce Schuster pampers his budgerigars with shampoo spritzes and a daily superfood medley. "My wife thinks they're better fed than she is," the 77-year-old says. "It's got all the nice vitamins in ...

Budgerigar: How a Brave, Chatty and Colourful Little Aussie Bird Stole the World's Heart, by Sarah Harris and Don Baker. Allen & Unwin. $29.99. Budgies really do look best in yellow and green. Picture ...

Michael Palin presents the wild budgerigar from Australia. Budgerigars are small Australian parrots whose common name may derive from the aboriginal "Betcherrygah' which, roughly speaking, means "good ...

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