That's one option.
Good luck from Oso ¶:^)

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periquito, m. (ornith.) parakeet, love bird; small parrot
Simon & Schuster\'s Bilingual Dictionary©

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p.s.:

it is the name of a wine, too

Only one of the many exciting, indigenous grape varieties in Portugal, Periquita means « little Parakeet ».

The wine is robust, rustic and full of southern charm
http://www.portobellogold.com/Bar_restaurant/wine_popup.htm


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The wine is a Portuguese one:
http://www.etceterarestaurant.com/index.htm?http://www.etcet...
Periquita means ‘Little Parrot’ which is the name of the farm where the Fonseca family started in 1934. This wine,
made from the Castelao Frances grape, is their flagship wine, and is very fruity, quite dry but with good berry flavours.

hth

The common name is "budgie" (the small green blue, yellow birds we often buy for our homes), but if the context is more formal, "budgerigar".

In some countries it can also be said of someone that talks a lot (female) or periquito (male).

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Chatterbox

Depends on the context. In some areas in Spain, we can use it for girls. For example"
"mira esa periquita"
"look at that girl"
I hope it helps.

Periquita simply means a parakeet but of course there are many varieties of parakeet, including the budgeregar which as an Australian one (usually called "periquita de amor". My reference for this is "A guide to the birds of Costa Rica" by Stiles and Skutch, which is highly regarded by birders (at least in Costa Rica)

If it refers to the cartoon, which was renamed "Periquita" in Mexico.
Check the following website for a picture:
http://www.dailycomics.net/read.php?pid=133

I have heard the word applied to this little red insect...

In Spanish argot "Periquita" and "perica" is an old-fashioned euphemism for "prostitute". Similar to the word "pilingui".

"Ir de pericas" means to have sex with prostitutes in Spanish slang. Similar to "lumis" (sing. lumi)

Little by little the word started to be used as a synomym of "chica ligera de cascos" or "chica fácil" ("loose girl", "easy girl", "bitch") in Spanish slang.

See the following reference:

http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/aus/guias/fainberg.h...

"PERIQUITA: mujer joven a la que se considera un objetivo de conquistas amorosas."

ExampleS:
http://alacarga.com/modules.php?name=Top

"Mirad que Periquita - (510 Lecturas)" (X-rated link)

http://www.lacuarta.cl/diario/2000/08/07/4a.VEN.VENTANITA.ht...

"Por si no lo sabe, mi perra, le contaré que no es tan fácil para una PERIQUITA media hueca de la cabeza encontrar un buen pololo. No crea que le sucederá por tercera vez."

http://es.geocities.com/pakitow/djfrases.htm

"No vayas como un desesperado de PERICA en PERICA, o si lo haces procura que el resto no te vean. Nunca, bajo ningún concepto, le digas a una PERICA que buscas algo más, a veces se lo creen. No te hagas pasar por tierno y romántico, eres un seductor, un CAZA-PERICAS."

http://es.geocities.com/pakitow/djinterview.htm

"Estaba pinchando y una PERICA se me acercó toda flipada y me preguntó si era el DJ."

I hope it helps!