
The above illustration shows the main features
which comprise the Ideal Budgerigar, which is required to be, above all
things, a well balanced bird - shown in perfect feather condition.
For further reading see the Budgerigar Society's scale of
Points, as applied to the different colour Varieties, and the individual
Colour standards. A knowledge of the latter is particulartly useful as there
are certain varieties which look very similar - but not in Minor respects !