Is there a difference between budgies and parakeets?

Answer 1

Baby parakeets are tiny and have very little feathers and are not ready to be adopted into a family unless the family has a lot of bird experience. The parakeet you probably want to adopt is a fledgling, which is kind of like a teenager. Fledgling parakeets have larger heads. Adult parakeets have thicker feathers. Adult parakeets have longer tails. Adult parakeets are larger. Fledgling parakeets have stripes on their whole head extending down to their eyes. The less stripes on its head the older it is. Fledgling parakeets have black eyes and as they usually get older they get a white circle around their eyes.

Answer 2

No. Parakeet is the US name for the budgie or budgerigar.

However, there are different variations to the parakeet. There are the more common Austrailian parakeets and there are the English Budgerigar. The English is bigger that the Aussie and tends to have a slight crest in their heads that they poof out a lot.

xskybirdx says: Budgies are parakeets but not all parakeets are budgies. Budgies is a more specific term, though parakeets is more commonly used. (This answer is from someone in the Mid-Atlantic region of the USA... the answer could b different elsewhere... see above)

Yes. I believe that a budgie is a type of parakeet, considering I saw a label at Petsmart and it read: Budgie Parakeet. I guess nobody knows for sure. except for avian experts.

Yes, they are parakeets, and all parakeets are also just small parrots, like lories, conures, lorikeets, and the larger species like African grey, Amazon yellow naped, etc.

Answer 3

The differences between parrots and parakeets can be confusing. A parrot is a bird with two toes pointing forwards and two toes pointing backwards (although some birds that have this quality are not parrots). A parakeet is actually under the class of parrot, but it usually has a longer tail in proportion to its body. Basically, all parakeets are parrots, but not all parrots are parakeets. Often, the smaller, long tailed parrots are considered parakeets.

Answer 4

Budgies are the same things as parakeets. Budgie is short for budgerigar, which came from the Aborigine (ab-or-ij-inee) word, Betchery-gah, which means good to eat!

Answer 5

There is no difference. Both names mean the same bird. A budgie is a parakeet and a parakeet is a Budgie.