budgerigar

budgerigar
/buj"euh ree gahr', -euhr i-/
an Australian parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, having greenish plumage with black and yellow markings, bred as a pet in a variety of colors.
Also, budgereegah, budgerygah /buj"euh ree gah'/. Also called shell parakeet.
[1840-50; perh. misrepresentation of Kamilaroi or Yuwaalaraay (Austral Aboriginal language of N New South Wales) gijirriga (perh. gijirr yellow or small + ga head)]

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also called  Shell Parakeet,  

      popular species of parakeet (q.v.).

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