Wave Parrots

The most popular birds, which contain and bred at home, are parrots - Melopsittacus undulates.

Birthplace of Habitat budgerigars is Australia, where they live in bushes and groups of trees, which are located in the tall grass vast plains. Except for the breeding season, birds are constantly roam in search of food.

The plumage of the wild budgerigar - bright grass-green. Neck, forehead and cheeks - yellow on the throat and cheeks a few spots of blue. Tail feathers of the tail - dark green, and blue on the back of the neck, back and wing feathers have cross strokes, similar to the wavy lines, for which the parrot got its name. Voskovitsa bright yellow beak naked males - blue, the females - a brown or white coloring.

By color voskovitsy and is usually defined sex adult budgerigar. In young birds the color of voskovitsy another: the pale blue in females and pale pink - males. The plumage of young parrots is the same as in adult birds, but paler, acquiring full brightness as they grow older. Dimensions budgerigar is the same as a sparrow, but the long tail makes the bird visually larger.

For the first time budgie was described in 1794, and his first successful captive breeding has been done Antwerp Zoo in 1850. Soon there was also the first practical guide to the breeding of these fine bright and cheerful bird: it was published in 1854 in Paris. Probably, this date and can be considered the beginning of mass-rearing in the homes of budgerigars.