A zoologist in Central Australia says he has never seen so many budgerigars congregating around waterholes.

Anthony Molyneux from the Alice Springs Desert Park says the explosion of budgie numbers is a rare phenomenon.

"The largest flock I've seen is about 5,000," he said.

"I was sitting on a dam wall and they flew up and around me. It gave me goose bumps. It's an experience that I will never forget and will stay with me forever.

"If you see them in the distance it looks like a swarm of insects until you work out that that's so many thousands of budgies.

"So it's certainly a sight to behold, that's for sure."

He says the birds are thriving on abundant seeding grass across the region.

There have been reports of flocks of up to 15,000 budgies at waterholes from Alice Springs to Barrow Creek.

"I've been in Alice a bit over 13 years and I've never seen this many around ... so it's a classic boom and bust," Mr Molyneux said.

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