Budgies Vs Parakeets

[shannon]

I live on the west coast and everyone say's PARAKEETS and do not know what your talking about if you say BUDGIES. My mom grew up in West Virgina and had budgies. Thats where I had picked the word up from. So which is it? I have a poll. What area of the USA do you live in and what do you call these little birds? West Coast (budgies)? West Coast (parakeets)? East Coast (budgies) East coast (parakeets)? Go to pet stores or craigs list ect. for the west coast you get only parakeets! On the internet, everyone from the east coast refers to budgies. I've had friends come over and say TALK BUDGIE???? They were confused, so lets have the newbies (guest) vistiting know what WE ALL refer these little birds to! Answer the poll!:rolleyes:

[Dave]

East Coast. I say budgies, but everyone else I know says parakeet. I used to say that too, few years ago.

[jackismacki]

I called them Parakeets until I found out that you can call them Budgies..hehe.

[redgirl]

A Parakeet isn't known as a budgie in England, a Parakeet is like a small parrot, a Parakeet is all green with a red beak, native been India but found mostly in South East England.

[redgirl]

At a Zoo, where I come from I was bit by one, ait hurt like hell and left a dint in my finger...really lovely looking bird, thats why whe npeople was calling budgies parakeets I was confused..did a search before and asked what a parakeet was and it came up with what I said it was.

[zarrion101]

The full name of them where I am are Budgerigars. :)

[redgirl]

I have always found it strange why people call them parakeets..because a budgie is nothing like a parakeet.

[shannon]

:) Very interesting! Thanks for all your input!

[clifff123]

East Coast. I say budgies, but everyone else I know says parakeet. I used to say that too, few years ago
Same here, I call them parakeet because no one here calls them budgies

[Adottybird]

I grew up calling them budgies, I'm in eastern Canada. There are many different types of parakeets, it is like saying you have a parrot. There are many different types of parrots. As I understood parakeet just means "long tailed parrot".

Dotty :)

[redgirl]

It must be just England where we dont call them Parakeets.

[zarrion101]

It must be just England where we dont call them Parakeets.

And Wales :p

[redgirl]

Lol, am there 27th October cant wait.xx

[zarrion101]

Lol, am there 27th October cant wait.xx

Sounds lovely, hope you enjoy yourself. ;) :D

[redgirl]

I sure will do, we going to Newquay to stop with a friend of hers so will be fun.....doubt i will see any dolphins this time.

[zarrion101]

I sure will do, we going to Newquay to stop with a friend of hers so will be fun.....doubt i will see any dolphins this time.

Someone told me it's nice down there. :) I haven't been there myself but may do one day. :)

[Karla]

I live in Atlantic Canada and I call them budgies. I don't know anyone else who currently has one, but my friends call them budgies too.

[Enna]

Budgie aswell. I also live in atlantic canada. Like someone said before a parakeet is a bird with a long tappered tail like a budgie. Just like you can say a quaker parakeet. it belongs in that parakeet family ( aswell as quaker parrot which is the same bird only put into the parrot family) There are many kinds of parakeets but a budgie can be called a parakeet. you can call a budgie a parakeet but you can't call every parakeet a budgie is the way i look at it.

[redgirl]

Zarrion, if you ever go to newquay its really beautiful..another place I love is Aberporth what a lovely beach that is...we went on th beach at 7am in the morning last time I went to Wales, and its like a tropical beach..so clear. Wales is the place to holiday if you live abroad or in England.xx

[zarrion101]

Wales is the place to holiday if you live abroad or in England.xx

That's true! :)

[redgirl]

It sure is true.xx

[BUUZBEE]

i think most people that dont know much about them grow up calling them what the general population call them. in europe its budgies, and in the us, its parakeets. but once people learn about a "parakeet" that its the general name for a small long tailed grass parrot, and that budgie, is the abreviated name for them, then they call them budgies

[Kelly27]

I voted for East Coast - Budgies ;).
Kelly
xXx ;) :D

[zarrion101]

I voted for East Coast - Budgies ;).
Kelly
xXx ;) :D

I did too Kelly27. :)

[redgirl]

Me too xxx

[angelbuck]

Where I live, everyone calls them Parakeets. I said budgies the other day, and my dad had no idea what I was talking about. When I told him that they are really budgies... he had never known that. Same thing with my grandmother and rest of my family and friends. When I tell someone that my family now has a bird... they ask what kind... I have to say parakeet so they will know what I am talking about. In the pet store... the sign above the budgies say Parakeets. That's just what they are known as around here. I live in South Louisiana.

[Donna]

I live in Iowa and If I ever mention the word "Budgie" around here, everyone looks at me strangely and says, "Huh, what's a Budgie?" :S :S :S

I only use the term Budgie when I'm on this forum because you are the only ones who know what I'm referring to.

In Iowa, a Budgie is only known as a Parakeet. In fact, I bet if I went to Missouri or Minnesota, they wouldn't know what a Budgie is either. I had never heard of the word "Budgie" until I located this web site.

What a unique world we live in. :D

Have a great day,
Donna

[zarrion101]

Interesting Donna :)

[kisses]

Well, I grew up on the East Coast, New Jersey and I had never heard the word Budgie or Budgerigar until I owned my first budgie (parakeet:o ) and started reading books about them and saw that name. I only found on the interested people referring to them as budgies rather than parakeets.