BIRDS & BIRDKEEPING
BUDGERIGARS
1 Backskull
This feature is evident by the positioning of the eye in relation to the cere and rearmost point of the head. In a good example, the eye should be positioned 25 per cent from the cere and 75 per cent to the back of the head. This gives the visual impression of power and thickness with no discernible shoulder.
When viewed in profile, there is a parallelism effect whereby if you drew an imaginary line from the front and back of the head you would have a column with no tapering inwards.
A poor example shows quite a severe gradient from shoulder to crown, giving
