Talk:Parakeet

"used ... in Australia colloquially for many species." - I'm not sure where this came from, but in my experience (as an Australian) it's demonstrably false. The term "parakeet" is almost unknown to average Australians (perhaps in the breeding community it's more common). "Parrot" and "budgie" are very common. Paulgear 05:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC). They do not like people. Although, if you are kind and care for your parakeet it will depend on you. Do not expect it to love you.You are its food sorce and friend. If the topic is parakeet, then the article should be about the term parakeet, not the care of budgies. --Kraftlos 20:35, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Wiki doesn't address English Parakeets. My understanding is they took the Australian 'keet and though breeding techniques changed the look and size of the bird. I've always owned English budgies. This is an important area not disucssed and an expert should address this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.205.239.124 (talk) 14:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * "Wiki doesn't address English Parakeets." Yes, it does, and it does so here: Budgerigar . As the article to which this talk page is attached states, the bird commonly referred to as a parakeet is more accurately called a Budgerigar or Budgie and thus any statements pertaining to varieties of Budgerigar should be on its page, not this one. 68.146.201.0 (talk) 15:43, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm... The following quote sounds pretty non sequitur to me: "It is incorrect to call these birds parakeets because there are many different species of parakeets." (In reference to 'budgies') —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.243.195.113 (talk) 02:51, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

"It is incorrect to call these [budgies] parakeets..." The sentence following this statement states that all budgies are parakeets, but not all parakeets are budgies; why then is it incorrect to call budgies parakeets? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Keooh (talk • contribs) 00:57, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, according to Parakeets by Nikki Moustaki, "parakeet" is a generic term for all parrots with longer, tapered tails. Eenyminy (talk) 22:53, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

I must say, that the term 'parakeet' is not used in Australia, as far as I know -- I've lived in Australia since I was born in 1953 and have never heard the word except in American media. I suspect it's an exclusively American term, so not appropriate for Wikipedia in this case. I'm not an expert on birds, just an amateur bird fancier, so I might be wrong. I won't change the link because I'm not sufficiently expert in the parrots of the world. Alpheus (talk) 01:58, 12 June 2009 (UTC)


 * It's recognised in the UK too, so although it may not be universal, it's not exclusively American. Even if it was exclusively American, that wouldn't mean it had no place in Wikipedia but it should certainly be made clear that was the case. The White House is exclusively American but it has an article! Halsteadk (talk) 08:44, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

While we're on the subject of naming, the article states that the word parakeet derives from the French word for parrot, rather than the French word for parakeet. It then proceeds to describe this as a false cognate. Is it, though? I think there's a quite separate term for when a word from one language is used for a slightly different thing in another language, like the word crayon. I know it's not the same as a false cognate, which is when a word sounds like it has a root in another language but it doesn't really. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.206.153 (talk) 05:49, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

parakeet havitates.
parakeets are originated from africa/asia. people usto buy parakeets as a sign of welth. parakeets come in many veriedys. they include colerful parakeetsand non colerful parakeets. they come in evrey coler exept black. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.208.156.113 (talk) 22:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

A great number of people have Parakeet as pets and there is strong interest in the web, the Article is correct but not really impressive, should somebody with knowledge on Parakeets and Wikepedia improve it (I lack both unfortunately). - Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.48.147.255 (talk) 17:22, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

THE PICTURE IS OF BUDGIES, Parakeets are from INDIA not Australia and they are completely different birds!! It is a common error to use the word parakeet when speaking of budgies, I expect more from Wiki.

PLEASE REMOVE THE IMAGES. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.205.102.108 (talk) 19:17, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Temp?
What does "temp" mean in "small temp Australian parakeets"? Jamie Kitson (talk) 22:19, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Hmmm. That doesn't look as though it belongs there. I'll remove it. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 23:36, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

This page is terrible
I have just added a much needed external link to a parakeet website to try and improve this but is there any way we can clean this page up? It really contains no good information on budgies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.120.54 (talk) 17:21, 9 September 2011 (UTC) well um I think it is good so ya WHAT syka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.119.240.220 (talk) 22:26, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Parakeet means a long tail parrot. A Budgerigar would be an example of many different species that fall under the rubric of parakeet 98.234.115.46 (talk) 23:16, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

bird size
There's nothing to describe the animals size, except small to medium...it needs something more concrete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pb8bije6a7b6a3w (talk • contribs) 02:15, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

International link
Shouldn’t this be linked to the Budgie page? Because they’re the same thing, just in different languages. NickleSonic (talk) 19:15, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

No, it should not. A parakeet is the generic name for a long tail parrot. There could be a link to Budgerigar as a reference of an example.

By the way Budgie is an English rock band circa 1970-1980. 98.234.115.46 (talk) 23:13, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Counting
What does "over 4/6 eggs" mean? IAmNitpicking (talk) 19:54, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I would also like to know this. It should either be removed or explained in the article. Pyrrho the Skeptic (talk) 19:51, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Psittaculidae
Hey, @Iloveparrots: what parakeets are not in Psittaculidae? Note that Psittaculidae just redirects to this page. IAmNitpicking (talk) 10:57, 3 June 2023 (UTC)


 * There are some parakeets in Arini (tribe). They're often called "conures" by aviculturists, but many ornithologists refer to them as "parakeets". Looks like an anon redirected the Psittaculidae article recently. I'll restore that one now. Iloveparrots (talk) 12:13, 3 June 2023 (UTC)


 * While you're at it, you might want to remove the taxobox, since it's no longer relevant if parakeets are not all in that taxon. IAmNitpicking (talk) 00:34, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Done. Iloveparrots (talk) 07:54, 4 June 2023 (UTC)