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Peach Faced Lovebird - Information

Peach Faced Lovebird - Information
DESCRIPTION Peach Faced Lovebird is 6 to 7 inches (15 to 18cm). Mostly bright, accented by pinkish on forehead, cheeks, chin, throat and below; blue on rump and upper-tail coverts. Tail green with black and rust. Yellow or greenish beak, brown eyes, green-grey legs. Female duller and larger than males, immatures greyish-green, and without red accents. Popular mutations are pied, dark factor, yellow, lutino and pastel blue.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION Southwest Africa.
HABITAT The Peach Faced Lovebird lives near water in savannahs up to 5,200 feet (1,585m). Nests in small groups or flocks up to 200 in holes, under roofs, in empty nests. Climbs through vegetation using bills for support.
DIET Cereal seeds, sunflower and safflower seeds, greenstuff, fruit and millet spray.
SPECIAL NEEDS A Peach Faced Lovebird living in a dry room creates hatching problems. House independent young in separate pen or aviary.
CAGE LIFE Small, easy to tame, noisy, aggressive towards other species. Pairs, who preen each other, in strong cages 27'/2 inches (70cm) long, garden aviaries with covered areas, sleeping boxes and willow branches for nesting. Up to three clutches per season. Transports feathers and bark for nest-building materials with rump feathers rather than beak. Lays 4 to 5 white eggs (after second egg, female begins incubation for 22 to 23 days), fledging 30 to 40 days, still fed by male for some time.