These Budgeriars got a coconut to make their nest inside. In Sri Lanka this is a commun way to accomodate these birds and they also enjoy to ripp-off the fibers off this natural fruit.
The Budgerigar (pronounced /ˈbʌdʒərɨɡɑr/), Common Pet Parakeet, or Shell Parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus), informally nicknamed the budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot, and the only species in the Australian genus Melopsittacus. Wild budgerigars are found throughout the drier parts of Australia, where the species has survived harsh inland conditions for the last five million years.Naturally green and yellow with black, scalloped markings on the nape, back, and wings, breeders have created a rainbow of blues, whites, and yellows, and even forms with small crests. Budgerigars are popular pets around the world due to their small size, low cost, and playful nature.The budgerigar is closely related to the lories and the fig parrots.Although budgerigars are often, especially in American English, called parakeets, this term refers to any of a number of small parrots with long, flat tails.Alternative common names include Shell Parrot, Warbling Grass parakeet, Canary Parrot, Zebra parrot, Flight Bird, Scallop Parrot and the alternate spellings Budgerygah and Betcherrygah. Although more applicable to members of the genus Agapornis, the name Lovebird has been applied to them from their habit of mutual preening.Several possible origins for the English name budgerigar have been proposed:A mispronunciation or alteration of Gamilaraay gidjirrigaa [ɡ̊iɟiriɡaː],possibly influenced by the Australian slang word budgery "good". This is supported by the American Heritage Dictionary. A compound of budgery, "good" and gar "Cockatoo".This is supported by the Oxford English Dictionary. The word budgery itself, also spelt boojery, was formerly in use in Australian English slang meaning "good".
The Budgerigar was first described by George Shaw in 1805, and given its current binomial name by John Gould in 1840. The genus name Melopsittacus comes from Greek and means "melodious parrot".The species name undulatus is Latin for "undulated" or "wave-patterned".Gould noted that the term Betcherrygah was used by indigenous people of the Liverpool plains.
The budgerigar is widely acknowledged as the most popular pet parrot in the world and possibly the most popular cage bird. It has been bred in captivity since the 1850s. Breeders have worked over the decades to produce a wide range of colour, pattern, and feather mutations, such as albino, blue, cinnamon-ino (aka lacewinged), clearwinged, crested, dark, greywinged, opaline, pieds, spangled, dilute (suffused), and violet. Wikipedia
