budgerigar

(also called ‘budgie’, ‘parakeet’, ‘shell parakeet’, ‘common pet parakeet’)

{pronunciation: the letters ‘bu’ rhyme with the letters ‘bu’ in “but”, the first ‘g’ with the letter ‘d’ rhymes with the letter ‘j’ in “judge”, and the letters ‘re’ rhyme with the letters ‘rea’ in “read”, and the second ‘g’ rhymes with the letter ‘g’ in “gun”}

a kind of bird – {in the wild} – small, with black and yellow markings on light green feathers; grows to 7 inches (18 cm), weighs 35-45 grams; feeds (eats) on grass weeds and grass seeds, and wheat; lives to 5-8 years; only one species (kind) in the wild; found in drier parts of Australia – in different colours and in bigger size found all over the world as a pet