At 11:57 AM 1/15/97 -0800, you wrote:
>"parakeet" is a general descriptive term applied to almost all
>small psittacines that display these physical characteristics;
>
> generally smaller than "average"
> long, pointed tail
> slender body build
>
>conures commonly are described as being "parakeets" even though
>they are not the same sort of parakeet as those sold in petshops
>(budgerigars).
>
> Deborah Wisti-Peterson email:nyneve at u.washington.edu
>Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
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>
>Thanks for the clarification. The birds that came to our feeder were
definitely not slim. However, I understand the definition much better now.
>