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To investigate how budgies process and produce speech-like sounds, Long and his colleague Zetian Yang implanted tiny probes into the brains of four of the birds.
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Common parakeets, also known as budgerigars or budgies, are a small, neon green and yellow species of Australian parrot often sold as pets.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
Baldwin said there are numerous types, with the African grays, macaws, cockatoos, cockatiels and budgies being the most common ones people get.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Tynes says locals in Washington rallied around her and Kedar's families to help them through the aftermath of the crash, including helping look after the couple's pets — Cullen’s turtle, Squirt; Kedar’s seven birds, called budgies — and her plants until they could be sent back to their relatives.
—Adam Carlson, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024
Macaws, budgies and other birds got quiet and roosted up high, which is nighttime behavior.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
Skilled breeders are artists in their own right, and the seemingly endless color range of budgies represents a veritable masterpiece of selective breeding.
—Harry Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
The blue melanin is actually gray-black, and only appears blue because of the peculiar formation of the budgie’s feather barbs.
—Harry Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
Occasionally a naturally occurring mutation removes one of the pigments to produce a yellow or blue budgie.
—Harry Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Common parakeets, also known as budgerigars or budgies, are a small, neon green and yellow species of Australian parrot often sold as pets.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
Baldwin said there are numerous types, with the African grays, macaws, cockatoos, cockatiels and budgies being the most common ones people get.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Tynes says locals in Washington rallied around her and Kedar's families to help them through the aftermath of the crash, including helping look after the couple's pets — Cullen’s turtle, Squirt; Kedar’s seven birds, called budgies — and her plants until they could be sent back to their relatives.
—Adam Carlson, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024
Macaws, budgies and other birds got quiet and roosted up high, which is nighttime behavior.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
Skilled breeders are artists in their own right, and the seemingly endless color range of budgies represents a veritable masterpiece of selective breeding.
—Harry Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
The blue melanin is actually gray-black, and only appears blue because of the peculiar formation of the budgie’s feather barbs.
—Harry Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
Occasionally a naturally occurring mutation removes one of the pigments to produce a yellow or blue budgie.
—Harry Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
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“Budgie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budgie. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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