Species
Lovebird species
There are nine unique species of lovebirds. Of the nine species, none should be interbred and care should be taken that there is no opportunity for hybridization. Some mutations of Masked and Fischer�s can look very much alike (lutino�s, albino�s, dilute, etc). Each species needs to be kept separately to maintain purity so we can enjoy these individually beautiful lovebirds in the years to come.
The most common lovebird is the:
Peach-faced lovebird
(Agapornis r. rosceicollis)
Also commonly bred are the:
Masked lovebird
(Agapornis p. personata)
Fisher�s lovebird
(Agapornis p. fischeri)
The rare species include the following:
Black-cheeked lovebird
(Agapornis p. nigrigenis)
Nyasa lovebird
(Agapornis p. lilianae)
Abbysinnian
(Agapornis taranta)
are one of the largest lovebird species and are sexually dimorphic along with the:
Redfaced lovebird
(Agapornis pullaria)
and the petite
Madagascar
(Agapornis cana)
which are the smallest of the lovebird species.
The last species is the extremely rare
Black-collared lovebird
(Agapornis swinderniana)
Although they are called "love-birds"
they are actually small parrots!
Last Updated: 4/21/01
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