How do parakeets breathe?

Question

do they breathe very heavily because i know 1 breath for us is 2 for them. so does that mean they breath very fast and heavy or do they breathe very calm.

Answer 1

They usually only breath heavily when they are afraid or nervous. We can inhale a gallon of air in one breath whereas they can only take in tiny bits of air compared to our own breathing.  

Answer 2

They have little holes on their beaks, thats how they breathe.

Answer 3

they have holse on their backsides, i killed my parakeet by covering those holes.

Answer 4

those little holes in their beaks that is their nose and they breath out of that

Answer 5

well most of the time they breath calmly unless decide to fly a lot but if ur keet start to breath heavily a lot u should take it too the vet they might hav some respiratory problem