Stats

Lifespan: 10-15 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Desert
Range: Southwestern Africa
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Herd Safety
Status: Uncommon

About

A compact, intensely social parrot native to the arid scrublands of southwestern Africa, where flocks of hundreds congregate around water sources. Uniquely among lovebirds, females tuck nesting material under their rump feathers to carry it—using their plumage as a built-in pocket.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2.
hatchling
A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
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 roseicollis