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Fischer's Lovebird  

 
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Fisher’s Lovebird

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Did You Know?
The most common mistake made with keeping lovebirds is to try to house them with other species of parrots. Lovebirds are small but they make up for their lack of size by being quarrelsome and very bold.

Species Profile
Genus:
Agapornis

Species:
fischeri

Size: Adult Weight:
15cm (5.8 in) 42-58g (1.5-2 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults orange/red face; dull olive/green for rest of head; yellow upper breast and neck; dull blue upper tail coverts; green tail, the side feathers black at base with orange/yellow border and black band near tip. Bill red. Eye brown.

Colourization Juvenile: In general duller than adults. Upper mandible black at base.

Call: Calls are high pitched and twittering. Also whistling with sharp or melodious notes. Some calls shrill and harsh.

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Content Sources:

African Lovebird Society http://www.africanlovebirdsociety.com/articles/pet_potential.html

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E174.htm&Pic=174_1.JPG

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1511&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.