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 (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 |
| 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 / undulatus
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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)
SPECIES
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus Scientific name definitions
Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 24, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 24, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
Authors
Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Collar, N. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.budger.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- June 24, 2017
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
Authors
Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Collar, N. and P. F. D. Boesman (2017). Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.