Species welfare profiles

Start with the bird: how the species lives, moves, communicates and behaves. Then ask what keeping that bird in captivity requires from us.

A grey weiro with orange cheeks in the foreground, with other weiros and green birds behind in an aviary

Melopsittacus undulatus

Budgie

Social needs, flight and space, food and foraging, enrichment, health and the effects of domestication.

Read the budgie welfare profile

Looking for another species? Our general welfare guides explain care principles and when to seek species-specific veterinary advice.