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Masked Lovebird  

Also Known As: Yellow-collared Lovebird, Black-masked Lovebird, Black-faced Lovebird, Black-headed Lovebird
 
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Wild Masked Lovebird sitting perched on branch

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Did You Know?
The scientific name for Masked Lovebird is Agapornis personata. "Agapornis" is from the Greek "agapein" which means "to love" and the Latin "ornis" which means "bird."

Species Profile
Genus:
Agapornis

Species:
personatus

Size: Adult Weight:
14.5cm (5.6 in) 43-50g (1.5-1.75 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults brown/black crown and face; dusky olive green rest of head; red/orange throat; yellow breast and wide collar around neck; dull blue upper tail coverts; green tail, with the lateral feathers dull orange at base and banded near ends with black. Bill deep red. Eye dark brown.

Colourization Juvenile: In general are duller than the adults, in particular the more brown head. Upper mandible black at base.

Call: Calls are high-pitched and twittering while in flight or perched.

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Content Sources:

Central Pets

Article "Choosing a Black-masked Lovebird," by Susan Clubb, DVM http://www.petplace.com/birds/choosing-a-black-masked-lovebird/page1.aspx

Bird Club of America's Masked Species Support http://members.tripod.com/%7EKGKAT/maskssp.html

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1512&m=0

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.