The Most Common Pet Bird

 Parakeets, The Pet Bird

Appearance

Parakeets are just parrots but small to medium sizes. They have thin bodies, and long, narrow tails, and most of them are granivores or seed eaters. They have brilliant colors such as green, yellow, orange, and blue. Some species of parakeets may have different colorations such as albino. An albino parakeet lacks the normal amount of pigmentation and also has pink eyes. You can determine the gender of a parakeet by the color of its' nose. Females have a tan-ish nose, and males have a blue-colored nose. 

Diet

Parakeets are granivores, which means that their diet contains mostly seeds. Besides seeds, parakeets can eat fruits, flowers, nuts, and sometimes insects, and larvae (baby insects). Some flocks of parakeets can eat farmland crop seeds such as corn and wheat. 

Habitat

Parakeets can be found in local pet stores around the world. In the wild, budgerigars are found in dry areas in Australia. Rose-ringed parakeets are found in cities such as London. Parakeets live in grasslands, farmland, forests, and swamps. Parakeets are also native to South America and Asia. 

Reproduction

Monk parakeets are the only species of parakeets that build nests. Other species of parakeets find nests left behind other birds or lay their eggs in tree cavities. Monk parakeets' nests are very complex that are much like apartments, with every room is for different functions. Pet birds use a nesting box to lay their eggs. Female parakeets lay between 3 and 8 eggs per clutch. Female budgies and other species of parakeets will incubate their eggs while the male will feed the female. When a chick is born, it is helpless until about two months old, it will start to fly. It can take about two years for a parakeet to become independent. Parakeets live from 8 to 30 years old.

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