Food
Seeds of grasses, less often seeds of other herbaceous plants.
Voice
A warbling, musical, 'tirrrit', 'tir-rit, tirit' uttered in flight. A rapid, rasping or scolding 'tzzit-tzit-tzit, tzt-zt-zt', fading away, uttered on taking flight.
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) [XC634949]
by Marc Anderson from Murrawombie, Bogan Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia (flight call)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) [XC609245]
by Marc Anderson from Sturt NP, Olive Downs area, New South Wales, Australia (call)
Breeding Season (Guide)
March - September, and after rain in the north, August - January in the south.
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Nest
In a hole in a tree.
Eggs (Guide)
4 - 6, occasionally up to 8; white; round; about 19 x 14 mm. Incubation: 18 - 20 days; by female, who is fed by male at regular intervals.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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