The bright green parrots start with low-cost social behaviors—like sitting near each other without touching—when first ...

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 ...

Imagine my excitement when I thought I had taken a photograph of a Carolina parakeet, an extinct bird. In the spirit of full ...

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Monk parakeets ease into new friendships, slowly approaching strangers to avoid aggressive encounters. Researchers watched ...

New research shows that parakeets slowly build trust with strangers and manage the risks of forming new social bonds.

The yellow-headed Amazon parrot is now officially recognized as endangered and appears to be headed for extinction in the ...