Well, let's begin with the last one. Below is a picture of one type of hybrid.

Notice the identifying qualities. This appears to be a cross between a peachface and probably a masked lovebird. The shape and size is very much like a normal peachface's. But look closer.

A normal peachface should not have a wide white ring around its eye. (Notice the lovebird in the back-far left. It has a small white line around the eye, but not nearly as wide as the other three.)

A normal peachface will not have black on its head or face.

A normal peachface will not have orange or red on its beak. Most of these hybrids will be obvious because of their orange or red beaks, or half an orange or red beak.

Myth #1 - It is okay to breed peachface with eyerings (or other cross-breedings.)

Wrong! ....Even though Peachface lovebirds and Fischers and Masked lovebirds are all lovebirds, they are NOT the same species, and should not be bred (or even caged) together.

Breeding a peachface and a masked or Fischer is like crossing a tiger with a lion, or a zebra with a horse. It's not like breeding a German Shepherd with a Labrador Retriever. You end up with something that is neither Peachface nor Fischer or Masked. Just as if you bred the tiger and the lion - you get something entirely different.

Myth #2 - Crossing the two give you sterile offspring

Wrong!.....Cross-breeding different types of lovebirds does NOT always result in sterile (or infertile) offspring. Often they are capable of reproducing. When they do have offspring, the gene pool has been contaminated. You will never again be able to get pure peachfaces or pure eyerings from these breeders.