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 ...

Thousands of green budgies have been spotted flying en masse over grazing land in north-west Queensland, with several local residents taking to their phones in a bid to capture the noisy and ...

The Tamworth Birdwatchers Club says it's noticed an increasing number of wild budgerigars around the region. President Bob Faulkner says he's not sure why so many budgerigars have been sighted this ...

BIZARRE footage shows a family releasing a pet budgie into the wild – only for their pet dog to snatch the poor bird and run off with it. The short clip, which was uploaded to Twitter by Mexican mixed ...

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 ...

While budgies and parrots might be known for their powers of speech, this particular bird takes his grasp of English to a whole new level. In fact Disco the budgie – one of the stars of the BBC’s new ...

This article is part of the “Who would win?” series, where wildlife experts dream up hypothetical battles between animals (all in the name of science). Who would have thought the budgerigar, Australia ...