### animal | vertebrate | bird | parrot:

Parakeet
* All parakeets are vegetarians and enjoy non-meat food.
* Most parakeets are fairly easy to breed in captivity, and many can be sexed by sight
  - belong to families
* Most parakeets have anatomies
  - instinct
  - metabolism
  - possess feathers
  - prefer food
  - receive about two teaspoons of bird seed a day
* Most parakeets survive harsh winter
  - take naps
* Some parakeets even learn to talk.
* Some parakeets have patterns
  - playthings
  - symptoms
  - nest in cavities
  - occupy sites
* Some parakeets reach maturity
  - sit in bottoms
* adapt quickly to their cage and can be quite playful.
* also enjoy the companionship of other birds, and do best when kept in pairs or groups
  - get a lot of exercise by climbing on the bars
* are a part of ancient history
  - popular first time bird
  - carnivorous
  - easy to care for, but have some special needs
  - exotic birds from Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Central and South America
  - fairly intelligent birds
  - found all around the world
  - from the continent of Australia
  - green
  - intelligent little birds and they are generally easy to tame
  - parrots
  - relatively easy to feed
  - sensitive to large swings in temperature
  - sexually dimorphic, which means males and females are visually different
* are small to medium sized parrots
  - medium-sized parrots with long tails
  - vertebrate birds
  - sociable birds and enjoy being kept in pairs or groups
* are social and prefer to live in pairs or groups
  - creatures that form bonds
* are very active and burn up energy at a huge rate
  - colorful birds
  - popular pets among bird lovers
* are very social birds and do well if kept in a colony setting
  - prefer to be kept in pairs or small groups
  - social, active, and outgoing birds
* behave differently when they are sick.
* can also get diseases
  - learn to whistle
  - assist each other with unsheathing new feathers
  - eat many kinds of vegetables
  - form lifelong pair bonds with a mate
* can learn to mimic words
  - repeat words, sentences, and verses
* come in all colors and combinations of colors except for red
  - shades of blue, green, orange, red, yellow, and purple
* contain a very distinctive way to determine male and female parakeets.
* do enjoy being misted.
  - vegetables like lettuce, spinach, carrots, or broccoli
* enjoy eating fresh fruit
  - having a bit of greens added to their diet
  - shiny, wooden, rope, foraging, and plastic toys
* find food
  - it easier to imitate the pitch of their voices
* fly to coffee plantations to feed. and sleep in leafy trees.
* generally have slender bodies and long, tapered tails.
* get along with many types of birds.
* have a quick metabolism that is similar to finches and canaries, but a bit slower
  - sense of tradition
  - wide color range that includes green, yellow, red, orange, blue and violet
  - tough time
  - up to eight babies
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - flight feathers
  - heads
  - lips
  - mouths
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
* inhabit areas.
* keep themselves clean by preening.
* lead nomadic lives in their natural environment.
* like to stretch the leg and wing of one side simultaneously.
* make great pets
  - lively, attractive companions with their bright plumage and happy chirping
  - really good house pets for some people
* nest in trees.
* often enjoy a swing to perch on.
* produce about six to eight eggs if the parakeet successfully lays eggs
  - an especially severe form of disease
* show signs of affection to their friends by preening or feeding one another.
* sing, can be trained to do tricks and talk, and sometimes are affectionate.
* tend to get on a perch and just sit.