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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.
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