Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius)

Other Names (World)
Red-headed Lovebird, Red-faced Lovebird

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, S�o Tom� e Principe (B), Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda.

Introduced to Liberia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
Trapping for the cage-bird trade is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
In fast-flying flocks of up to 30 birds. In pairs while breeding.

Food
Grass seeds, fruit, some cultivated crops.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius) [XC739367]
by Peter Boesman from Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (call)

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius) [XC739368]
by selvino from Lake Mburo National Park, Kiruhura, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 5
Dimensions: 21 x 17 mm (rounded)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pullarius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Patchily in Guinea, Sierra Leone and northern Ivory Coast, and from Ghana east to Sudan and southern into western Zaire and north-western Angola, mainly north of Congo basin (southern boundaries unclear). Also S�o Tom�.
ugandae Neumann, 1908 - Eastern Zaire to western Ethiopia, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius) - 10 files

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