Despite their small brains, many birds develop sophisticated social structures with diverse systems of communication. Vocalization serves an important part in both communicating and learning a new ...

More than 11,000 species of birds have been identified to date. Several are kept as house pets, including cockatiels, cockatoos, and other parrot breeds, such as the budgerigar.

Parakeets are one of the most popular choices for pets. While the term "parakeet" encompasses over a hundred species of small parrots, for most people, it’s synonymous with one specific species ...

Puck, a pet budgerigar who lived until 1994, stands as the current Guinness World Record Holder for the bird with the largest vocabulary, at an impressive 1,728 words. Sign Up For Goods 🛍️ ...

He puts the boom down to natural population growth - there are more birds to breed and so produce more chicks. Foreign invaders. The Government is currently developing a framework for dealing with non ...

Michael Latham, from Bangor, is a keen twitcher, someone who goes to extraordinary lengths to see new bird species. ... Parakeets are a non-native bird so they are classed as an invasive species.

Ms Blakely told BBC News NI she thinks there are about 13 to15 parakeets living in the park, which indicates they are getting enough food to sustain a small colony and are likely to be breeding.