Tag: #MilovanInnovation #BudgieIntelligence #AnimalBehavior #AvianBrain #Nidopallium #Amygdala #Budgerigar #Neuroplasticity #HumanAnimalBond #Domestication #AnimalCognition #PredatorPrey #PetParrots

When we think of small parrots – budgies – we usually picture a sweet, colorful little bird chirping on its owner’s shoulder in a café. Few stop to think: this bird is, by its very nature, prey. And prey with a very long list of predators. In their natural habitat, budgies (Melopsittacus undulatus) face aerial predators…