In the wild, most common parakeets have a yellow forehead and throat, yellow and black stripes on the head, and purple and black markings on the cheeks. The feathers on their wings are often black ...

You may know them by another name: the parakeet ... The native Australian budgerigar's bright green and yellow feathers are marked with blue on the cheeks, beak, and tail, and black scallops ...

Budgerigars have naturally occurring yellow fluorescent plumage on their crowns and cheeks for courtship displays ... and watched what happened. The budgies that had been dulled were ignored ...

It's one year on since I last weighed our budgies, so a quick step onto the scales shows that both budgies have piled on a ton of weight in just one year! Though are they overweight or not ...

They had distinctive golden crowns with tangerine-colored patches covering their cheeks and foreheads. Often traveling in large groups that numbered around 300 birds, the colorful parakeets ...