Budgie VS Parakeet

I am sure you have heard of budgies and parakeet, but what is the difference? are they the same thing? what do you have living in your home?

Every Budgie is a Parakeet but not all Parakeets are budgies.

In the simplest explanation Budgies/Budgerigar’s are a subspecies of parakeet

Characteristics of a Parakeet

long tail feathers
Slender bodies
curious
genus melopsittacus
30 – 50 grams
colourful
messy
quite noisy
zygodactyl feet

Characteristics of a Budgies

30 – 40 grams
stubborn
genus melopsittane
colourful
quite noisy
zygodactyl feet

Species of Parakeet

Budgeriar
mustache parakeet
Monk Parakeet
Alexandrine Parakeet
Plum-Headed Parakeet
Indian Ring Neck Parakeet
Bourke’s Parakeet
Splendid Parakeet
Blossom – Headed Parakeet
Sierra Parakeet
and many more!