noun
- small, colorful parrots native to Australia, commonly kept as pets
Usage: plural of budgerigar
Examples
- The pet store had a cage full of bright green and yellow budgerigars.
- Wild budgerigars travel in large flocks across the Australian outback.
- She taught her budgerigars to mimic simple words and phrases.
- The budgerigars chirped loudly in their aviary at the zoo.
- Many people prefer budgerigars as pets because they are small and social.
- The budgerigars’ natural diet consists mainly of seeds from grasses.