They often sing together, reassuring each other that all is well and everyone is safe. Singingīudgies use a medley of chirrups, whistles, chatter, trills and various other snippets they’ve picked up (including human speech), in a barrage of bubbling, tuneless put pleasant song. This amorous warbling chatter is often accompanied by head-bobbing movements and erect head feathers. In the absence of a flesh-and-blood object of their affections, budgies will often chatter and twitter into their mirrors, believing that the reflected bird is paying attention to their every tweet. If your bird is a male, he will also chatter to show off and court females. He will sit still while he chatters, with his feathers fluffed up in a visible sign of happiness. The sounds he makes in this mood are like a mumbled conversation and, if you’ve taught him, there will be recognisable words and phrases in there too. The chatter of a budgie is a sign of contentment. ![]() Noise, fumes, other pets, naughty kids? Chattering A cover over the cage will quieten her down, while you investigate what the problem might have been. If her feathers are close to her body it means she's frightened. Hen birds in mating mood tend to be short-tempered and noisy.Ī reassuring voice will often make her calm again. Alternatively, it may just be a case of hormone-fuelled tempers flaring in the cage, in which case it will pass eventually. The bird may have been startled or frightened by something, he may be hurt, he may have sensed a predator (real or imagined), or he might just be angry because you haven’t replenished the food yet. This is the noise no one – including the other budgies in your cage – want to hear. It can also be a sign of escalating alarm, in which case the chirruping will soon turn into squawking.Įxcited or unhappy sounds are accompanied by an open beak He may be shouting a contact call, in the hope of a reassuring response from his companions, (or from you, if you are the main companion). ![]() This can be due to the proximity of new birds or bird sounds (chirruping sparrows shouting through an open window, for example). If the chirrup is a louder, insistent tweweet!, the budgie is getting excited. In addition to the context given above, it can be used for getting your attention, and alerting you to the fact that there’s no food or water, or some other cage-related problem. It’s the kind of noise a bird that can’t stop making noises needs to make when there’s nothing of particular importance to say – a bit like a person who can’t abide silence and has to fill it with monologue. It also has a “Here I am!” function, just in case anyone was worried about his whereabouts. The noise acts as a non-stop reassurance that everything is okay, and helps bond the bird in his flock. It’s the sound of busy contentment, and means your bird is happily getting on with his life. ![]() The single, staccato chirrup! or chirp! is probably the budgie’s commonest utterance.
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