When you’re looking for a small bird as a pet, parakeets or budgies are generally recommended. The truth is that a budgie is a parakeet! It can be quite confusing, but only in the U.S. is a budgie ...

A move to shoot ring-necked parakeets to cut their numbers has been branded 'racist' by wildlife experts. Natural England yesterday announced that from January it will relax rules protecting the ...

Letters: Stephen Pound on using rubber serpents to deal with greedy, ring-necked parakeets. Plus letters from Dr Andrew Bodey and Nigel Walker ...

Quaker parakeets are popular for their charming and funny personality. They can mimic human speech, making them fascinating pets. They’re an excellent choice for families looking to have a smaller ...

In case you missed it, Jan. 5 was National Bird Day. It brought to mind one of the Lowcountry’s most beautiful lost treasures: the Carolina parakeet. The only parrot native to the continental United ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

Meet Disco the Parakeet, a talking budgerigar (budgie) that has become a viral video sensation this month. "He's a dabba dabba doo bird, a dabby gay bird!" the colorful bird squawks to the tune of the ...

Record numbers of ring-necked parakeets are brightening up Britain's dreary winter skies. Numbers of the green parrots have rocketed from 1,500 in 1996 to an estimated 20,000 today, according to the ...