What Kind of Bird is This............

[Creamer1]

Originally Posted by Parnassia

Conures are not budgerigars. Conures are of New World origins (central and south American parrots), but budgies are of Old World origins, more closely related to lories. They are in a completely different genus within the Psittaciformes order. The Australian budgerigar and the American parakeet/budgie are the same species; just selectively bred for different characteristics.

Can they interbreed?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii8H1C_fvBQ

[Parnassia]

Extremely unlikely. They are not even closely related physiologically. Doesn't mean two birds might not behave as a pair out of loneliness.