Stats

Lifespan

10-20 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Tropical savanna

Range

East Africa

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Rare

About

This small parrot lives in the dry savanna woodlands of northeast Tanzania. It carries nesting material tucked into its rump feathers instead of using its beak.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Psittaculidae

Genus

Agapornis

Species

Agapornis personatus