The kakapo is a flightless parrot found only in New Zealand. Discover why this rare bird walks, climbs, and waddles instead of soaring.

When you’re looking for a small bird as a pet, parakeets or budgies are generally recommended. The truth is that a budgie is ...

Little Known Birding Hotspots of Indore to delight the real bird lovers. Fewer known locations provide a special opportunity ...

Next to a fenced-off area, about 20 people are feeding a noisy group of parakeets. The exotic, emerald-green birds with lipstick-red beaks are used to the attention. They swoop down, unafraid ...

quaker and Senegal parrots, parakeets, sun conures, macaws and more. “We have access to anything that somebody would want. I have relationships with breeders across the U.S.,” Franceschi said.

It's estimated that about 15 of these parrots have found a new home in the foothills of Cavehill. The RSPB describes ring-necked parakeets, external, sometimes known as rose-ringed parakeets ...

Cherry Blossom season is for the birds in Brooklyn ... are a favorite meal for monk parakeets. Paul Martinka “We do have a pretty beautiful collection of Japanese cherry trees that really ...

Researchers found that budgerigars, a type of parakeet also called a budgie, have specialized brain regions for vocal production that closely resemble the brain structures humans use for speech.

The research, published March 19 in the journal Nature, suggests parrots (and specifically parakeets) could be a model for studying human speech, helping scientists to better understand and treat ...

The second is the budgerigar, a small parrot that's often kept as a pet. Budgerigars are both impressive vocal mimics and also have complex vocalizations called warbles that are a mix of noisy and ...

Now that scientists know more about how budgie brains help the birds talk, another question dogs Long: What are these parrots talking about? “We are trying now to translate budgie,” he says ...

The zoo adopted 172 budgie birds, 2 eclectus parrots, a Catalina macaw, a military macaw, a golden conure, a capybara and a reticulated python. A team of animal care staff from the Lake Superior ...