After the release of Ratatat's latest music video for "Party With Children" [link], many websites have been clamoring to figure out what kind of bird was showcased in the video is. Unfortunately, many music blogs are only good at mp3buzzology, and they aren't really good at Ornithology. This ALT REPORT EXCLUSIVE uncovered the facts using tools like wikipedia, google image search, and google bird search.

We are pleased to announce that this white bird is a white parakeet, also known as a budgie.

The Budgerigar (pronounced /ˈbʌdʒəriɡɑr/) or Common Pet Parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus), often called a budgie or parakeet, is a small parrot and the only species in the Australian genus Melopsittacus. A small long-tailed predominantly green and yellow bird with black scalloped markings on the wings and shoulders in the wild, the Budgerigar has been bred extensively with a profusion of colour forms resulting. Thus, aviary birds may be blue and white, all yellow, all white, or various other combinations thereof. Some have even been bred with small crests. In the wild, it is a predominantly seed-eating species. The budgerigar is found throughout the drier parts of Australia and has survived for the last five million years in the harsh inland conditions of that continent.[2]

Many pet stores in alternative parts of the country are re-stocking their white parakeet inventory in order to meet the rising demand for white budgies. It seems like new meme blogs called 'hipster budgies' and 'hipster parakeets' will soon launch, going viral, capitalizing on the emerging hipster + parakeet trends.

Parakeets have been around for 5 million years. Only time will tell if parakeets will be a hot pet trend for the next 5 million blog years.

Is the white parakeet the most alt parakeet?

Will RattyTat the Bird let his 'internet fame' / buzz bird status 'go to his head'?

Note to blogs and news websites: Whenever mentioning that this bird is a white parakeet/ white budgie, please link to this exclusive story.'