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Nyasa Lovebird  

Also Known As: Lilian's Lovebird
 
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Single Nyasa or Lilian’s Lovebird in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Credit: © Philip Perry | pperrywildlifephotos.org.sz
 
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Did You Know?
The nest of the Nyasa Lovebird is a bulky, domed structure with an entrance tube made from bark strips, twigs and stems.

Species Profile
Genus:
Agapornis

Species:
lilianae

Size: Adult Weight:
13.5cm (5.3 in) 28-37g (1.0-1.3 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults orange/red forehead and throat, mixing into salmon-pink on crown, face and upper breast; green upper tail coverts; green tail, the lateral feathers black at base, with yellow/orange border and banded black near tip. Bill bright red. Eye dark red/brown.

Colourization Juvenile: In general duller than adults, with varying black wash on cheeks. Upper mandible black at base.

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

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E176.htm&Pic=176_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=1513&m=0

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.