Sentences with phrase «pet budgerigar»

Below it hangs a painting of a birdcage that might almost be a house, by Gwen John, and an anonymous photo of someone's dead pet budgerigar lying in state.

The common pet budgerigar is loved for its ability to mimic its owners.

Winston Churchill's pet budgerigar Toby, kept him company in his fi nal days, often accompanying him to dinner.

Not exact matches

Until now, the budgerigar (common pet parakeet) was the only species of parrot whose brain had been probed for the mechanisms of vocal learning.

Blue budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus, second from the left) may be common in pet stores today, but when they first appeared in Europe in the second half of the 19th century, they were a rarity: In the wild, these small parrots usually have a green chest and a yellow head like the two birds on the right.

Any store that sells birds must keep the bread - and - butter species like budgerigars (parakeets) and cockatiels, especially when one considers that these two species make up over 70 percent of the pet bird population in the U.S..

If you are a first - time bird owner or are looking for the perfect pet for children, the budgerigar is the bird for you.

Due to their size and pleasant nature, budgerigars are one of the most popular breeds of birds to keep as pets.

Budgies, also known as Budgerigars birds, eat fruits, vegetation, seeds and berries in the wild as well as in captivity as pet birds.

Parakeets, also sometimes called budgies or budgerigars, are one of the most popular types of pet birds in the United States second only to the cockatiel.

Selling «Keets and «Tiels Because both budgerigars and cockatiels are social parrot species, they can be shown off the best by keeping them in small groups in a pet store.

This is not the case with pet birds, except those that have been bred in captivity for hundreds of years, such as budgerigars and canaries.

The rest of the pet birds in the United States are parrots, with budgerigars (parakeets) and cockatiels making up the largest percentage at 67 percent.

Considering that this small parrot is the second most commonly kept pet bird after the parakeet (budgerigar), and that together these two species make up almost 80 percent of caged bird sales, this is a serious problem.

It should be noted that the two most popular parrots kept as pets — parakeets (budgerigars) and cockatiels — do eat a lot of seeds in the wild, unlike most other parrot species, but the variety is much greater.

Except for the most popular parrot species (the budgerigar), almost all other parrot species sold out of pet stores have been hand raised.

Canaries, budgerigars and parrots play equally important roles as companions; exotic varieties of fish provide relaxing company as they swim lazily in brightly lit aquaria; and the range of small pets, often for children, includes hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits.