Family Parrots (Psittacidae)
Near Threatened
Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri)
Taxonomy
French: Inséparable de Fischer German: Pfirsichköpfchen Spanish: Inseparable de Fischer
Taxonomy:
Agapornis Fischeri
Reichenow
, 1887,Ussure, Tanzania
.Distribution:
Virtually confined to Tanzania S and E of L Victoria, including some islands off S shore; range centred on Serengeti. Records from S Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda appear to refer to wild individuals irrupting in response to drought within normal range, but could involve feral birds as well.
Descriptive notes
15 cm; 42–58 g. Forehead and bill red, less intense on rest of head and shading on nape, sides of neck and throat to yellowish pink, then green on lower breast and... read more
Voice
Commonest vocalization a screechy “krreek” or a disyllabic “chi-reek!”. When perched, utters a wide... read more
Habitat
Wooded grasslands with Acacia, Commiphora and Adansonia, at 1100–... read more
Food and feeding
Essentially granivorous, including seeds of the grass Penisetum mezianum and weed Achyranthes asper collected from... read more
Breeding
Jan–Apr, Jun–Jul. Most nests 2–15 m up in dead trees or dead branches of living trees, commonly in old woodpecker or... read more
Movements
Sedentary, although with local dry season movements, and irruptions in Jul–Aug some years... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. CITES II. Currently considered near-threatened. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Locally common, fairly common and widespread. Range... read more
Sometimes treated as conspecific with A. personatus, and also on occasion with A. lilianae and A. nigrigenis; perhaps best considered to form a species-group with all three. Monotypic.