Budgie Buddies
Closed For The Season
Fluttering, twittering, chattering – step into our Budgie Buddies aviary and be surrounded by a flock of colorful little Australian birds!
Discover the Budgies
Budgies All Around You
Come hear budgie chatter and be a part of their world as they fly over and all around you.
Daily Presentations Schedule
Meet A Budgie!
Wander into our budgie habitat and meet these friendly, colorful birds. If a budgie has an appetite, they may land on the special seed sticks, on sale nearby for $2 ($1.50 Zoo members).
find it
in the zoo
After walking the paths of the Asian Forest Sanctuary you will see the Budgie Buddies aviary on the left next to the Discovery Hut.
Plan Your Day
Whooo's Nearby?
Rhinoceros iguana
Barn owl
Seeing super-color
It's all in the UV.
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Like all parrots, budgerigars can see in UV light!
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In this spectrum, their already-colorful plumage is even brighter.
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Fluffy chicks
So cute.
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Budgies are monogamous and breed in large colonies year-round, depending on location. Nesting in fence posts, logs or gum trees, they lay clutches of 4-6 eggs which they incubate for 18-21 days.
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Chicks are born bald, then grow downy gray fluff before fledging blue, green or yellow feathers. Many are hatched here at the Zoo over winter!
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The sound of 25,000 budgies
(Pretty noisy.)
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Highly social birds, budgies can form flocks of up to 25,000 birds. They forage in the morning and can be very noisy!
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Pet budgies (usually males) can mimic human speech and other sounds they hear often.
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Protecting birds
Keep the trees.
THE THREAT: Budgerigars aren’t threatened in the wild in Australia – there are many of them! But in America many species of small birds are declining, due to disappearing habitat, domestic cats and even climate change.
TAKE ACTION: Make a bird-friendly yard. Plant perennials for hummingbirds and keep tall trees. Put stickers on glass windows and keep your cat inside. And help preserve wild habitat for migrating birds.
Feathery Stories
Give joy
Looking for the perfect gift? A Zoo gift card is redeemable for budgie seed sticks, as well as carousel rides and even behind-the-scenes experiences - plus admission. Give the gift of sheer joy.