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The Amazing Budgie--Incredible Budgie Facts
- A budgie has between 2,000 and 3,000 feathers on its
body.
- Budgies have monocular vision, which means they use
each eye independently.
- Budgies have fewer taste buds than humans.
- Budgies grind their beaks when they are contented.
- 45% of pet birds kept in the US are Budgies, according
to statistics from the American Pet Product Manufacturers Assn
- Budgies have air sacs in some of their bones
(pneumatic bones)
- The budgie's average resting heart rate is 350 to 550
beats per minute.
- Budgies can turn their heads 180 degrees (they have
more neck vertebrae than humans).
- A bird can only withstand the loss of 20 percent of
its blood (for a budgie, that’s about 12 drops)
- During breeding season, a female bird's bones become
denser as they store calcium--a female's skeleton can weigh up to 20% more
during the breeding season that it does during the rest of the year.
- Vitamin D and protein aid in the absorption of calcium
- Budgie egg shells are perforated by thousands of tiny
holes (pores) that allow the free exchange of gases--mainly carbon dioxide
and oxygen.
- Light plays a large role in stimulating the ovary and
bringing the hen into breeding condition.
- Bird's lungs don't expand and contract to bring in
air. Instead the bird's body wall muscles expand and contract--to force the
air out and in.
- Birds do not have a bladder or a urethra.
- Budgies have semiplume feathers, which are found on a
bird's beak, nostrils (cere) and eyelids
- Budgies have a 3rd eyelid.
- In the past, Budgies were also known around the world
as Shell Parrots, Warbling Grass Parakeets, Zebra Parrots, Undulated
Parakeets, and Canary Parrots.
- Budgerigar supposedly means "good to eat" in
aboriginal language.
- The average respiratory rate for a budgie is between
65 and 85 breath per minute.
- The scientific name for the budgie is melopsittacus
undulatus, meaning song sparrow with wavy lines.
- John Gould reportedly brought the first live budgie to
Europe in 1840
- All budgie colors originate from the green and yellow
budgie. The first color mutation to appear reportedly was the yellow bird
with faint green suffusion in 1872.
- The first blue budgie appeared in 1878.
- The first report of a talking budgie originated in
1877 from Germany.
facts from:
The Budgie, An Owners Guide to a Happy Healthy
Pet, by Julie Rach. Howell Book House
1997.The Challenge,
by Gerald Binks, Osprey International, 1997
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