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Budgies ARE parrots.
I have noticed that several people who owned budgies did not realize that budgies are parrots. So I will try to explain and I hope I don’t confuse anyone.
Birds like the eagle belong to the scientific order: Falconiformes
Birds like a sparrow belong to the scientific order: Passeriformes. Canaries and finches also are Passeriformes so they are actually not parrots.
Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions. The order is subdivded in three families: the Psittacidae ('true' parrots), the Cacatuidae (cockatoos) and the Nestoridae (New Zealand parrots)
If you were to look up the scientific names of
a budgie...Order : Psittaciformes (all parrots)
a macaw ....Order: Psittaciformes
a cockatoo....Order: Psittaciformes
a cockatiel...Order: Psittaciformes
a linnie...Order: Psittaciformes
There are around 372 species of parrots , budgies being one of the smaller.
I have noticed that several people who owned budgies did not realize that budgies are parrots. So I will try to explain and I hope I don’t confuse anyone.
Birds like the eagle belong to the scientific order: Falconiformes
Birds like a sparrow belong to the scientific order: Passeriformes. Canaries and finches also are Passeriformes so they are actually not parrots.
Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions. The order is subdivded in three families: the Psittacidae ('true' parrots), the Cacatuidae (cockatoos) and the Nestoridae (New Zealand parrots)
If you were to look up the scientific names of
a budgie...Order : Psittaciformes (all parrots)
a macaw ....Order: Psittaciformes
a cockatoo....Order: Psittaciformes
a cockatiel...Order: Psittaciformes
a linnie...Order: Psittaciformes
There are around 372 species of parrots , budgies being one of the smaller.