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Fischer's Lovebird |
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DESCRIPTION
4 to 6 inches (10 to 15cm). Body shades of green, olive and brown head
with orange on forehead and cheeks, golden neck and breast, rump blue,
tail green with blue tips. Brown eyes, red beak. Immatures duller with
brown markings on upper mandible. No distinction between sexes.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION
The Fischer's Lovebird lives in Africa, south and southeast of Lake Victoria.
HABITAT
Savannahs at elevations 3,281-22,966 feet (l,000-7,000m). Small flocks,
nests in tree hollows. Flocks to fields at wheat-ripening time.
DIET
Fischer's Lovebird likes cereal seeds, sunflower and safflower seeds,
grain mixes, greenfood and fruit.
SPECIAL NEEDS
Pairs. Fresh branches, bathing dishes. Sensitive to frost.
CAGE LIFE Fischer's
Lovebird are attractive, easy to accommodate, sociable in aviary, possibly
nervous. Flies straight and fast, making rustling noise with wings. Cage
at least 27 1/2 inches (70cm) long with strong mesh. Nest boxes used year
round for roosting. Lays 4 to 6 white eggs, incubation 20 to 25 days,
fledging 35 to 40 days, totally independent 10 to 12 days after that.
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