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Red-faced Lovebird  

Also Known As: Red-headed Lovebird
 
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Red-faced Lovebirds interacting

Credit: (c) Robert van Zalinge
 
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Did You Know?
The Red-faced Lovebird has been observed to sleep upside down in captivity.

Species Profile
Genus:
Agapornis

Species:
pullarius

Size: Adult Weight:
15cm (6 in) 43g (1.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: A.p. pullarius, A.p. ugandae

Colourization Adult: A.p. pullarius: male- green in colour; face orange/red; cobalt-blue lower back and rump; green/yellow upper tail coverts; black underwing coverts; green tail, with lateral tail feathers red at base, banded with black near tips and with yellow tips. Bill coral red. Eye dark brown. Female- orange facial mask; green underwing coverts. A.p. ugandae: both adults as in pullarius, but paler blue along lower back and rump.

Colourization Juvenile: A.p. pullarius: facial mask less extensive and orange/yellow in colour; black underwing coverts in male, green in female. Bill red/brown with black at base of upper mandible.

Call: Calls are described as weak and high-pitched; twittering and trilling. Also abrupt, whistling notes.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E170.htm&Pic=170_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=1507&m=0

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

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.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.