Exotic pet birds are winding up out in nature where they don’t belong Budgies have a population problem after some pandemic pet purchases were later regretted. Do your research before buying ...

The budgie originates from Australia and has the scientific name Melopsittacus undulatus, which refers to the family of budgies and parakeets. For this reason, they’re considered the same bird.

Although warm weather often causes more of the tiny tropical birds, also known as parakeets, to fly the coop, more of them are being turned in earlier in the year, according to rescuers.