Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (44)
- Monotypic
Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 24, 2017
Text last updated June 24, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grasparkiet |
| Arabic | الدرّة |
| Asturian | Periquitu comñn |
| Basque | Perikito arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Вълнист папагал |
| Catalan | periquito comú |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 虎皮鸚鵡 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 虎皮鹦鹉 |
| Croatian | tigrica |
| Czech | andulka vlnkovaná |
| Dutch | Grasparkiet |
| English | Budgerigar |
| English (United States) | Budgerigar |
| French | Perruche ondulée |
| French (France) | Perruche ondulée |
| Galician | Periquito común |
| German | Wellensittich |
| Greek | Μελοψιττακός |
| Hebrew | תוכון |
| Icelandic | Gári |
| Italian | Parrocchetto ondulato |
| Japanese | セキセイインコ |
| Norwegian | undulat |
| Polish | papużka falista |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Periquito-comum |
| Russian | Волнистый попугайчик |
| Serbian | Papagaj tigrica |
| Slovak | papagájec vlnkovaný (andulka) |
| Slovenian | Skobčevka |
| Spanish | Periquito Común |
| Spanish (Chile) | Catita australiana |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Periquito de Australia |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Periquito Común |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Periquito Australiano |
| Spanish (Panama) | Perico Australiano |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Cotorrita australiana |
| Spanish (Peru) | Periquito Australiano |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Periquito Australiano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Periquito común |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Perico Australiano |
| Swedish | undulat |
| Thai | นกหงส์หยก |
| Turkish | Muhabbetkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Папужка хвилястий |
Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus undulatus
Shaw, 1805. The naturalist's miscellany 16, pl.673.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New HoUand = New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELOPSITTACUS
- undulata / undulatum / undulatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Budgerigar
