How to fold an origami perching budgie

One square: a kite folded in half. Outside-reverse-fold a hooked beak, pleat the long tail so it hangs, round the head and sit the bird up.

You need: 1 green square (15 cm), white on the back, scissors and a black pen. Hard, 12 steps, about 25 minutes.

Steps

Crease the middle. White side up, turned like a diamond, fold the top corner down to the bottom corner, crease and unfold.
Kite. Fold the two edges at the right corner in to lie along the middle crease. That long point becomes the tail.
Narrow the head end. Fold the edges at the left corner in a little, on creases from that corner to 8.3 cm above and below the middle of the crease.
Fold in half. Fold the bottom half up onto the top half along the middle crease. The long fold at the bottom is the chest.
Beak: over. Fold the left point over to the right on an upright crease 3.1 cm from its tip, all layers.
Beak: back. Fold it back from the same point on the top edge, on a crease 1.4 cm further left at the bottom fold, so the beak hooks down.
Tail: over. Fold the long right point over to the left on an upright crease 1.5 cm right of the middle, all layers.
Tail: back. Fold it back from the same bottom point, on a crease 1.1 cm further right at the top edge, so the tail bends back.
Snip the tail. Cut 3.8 cm along the tail's bottom fold from its tip, so its two sides come apart.
Two tail feathers. Fold the front layers' tip up a little on a slanted crease from the end of the cut, so the tail splits into two long feathers.
Round the head. Fold the top corner of the back behind, 1.7 cm down each edge, so the head is round.
Sit it up. Turn the budgie upright, beak at the top, so it sits tall with its tail hanging down.

Draw a shiny eye above the beak and a few wavy stripes across the back of the head and wing.