In 1840 the first wild budgies were shipped from Australia to Europe. Shortly thereafter the first breeds arrived and the first color mutations arose through mass propagation. The birds originally have a green-yellow color and live in flocks.

The offsprings have many different colors, such as white, yellow and various shades of blue, just to name a few colors.

The originally free-living animals have become pets with a home in our living rooms and nothing remembers their origin.

The photos are reminiscent of old paintings, the beginning of the first breeding in 1850.