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Lilian's Lovebird

Agapornis lilianae

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedOmnivoreWoodlandCavity nestSmall · 37 g
Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), photo 1
Photo: Stuart Fraser · CC BY 4.0
Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), photo 2
Photo: unknown · CC BY 4.0
Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), photo 3
Photo: unknown · CC BY 4.0
Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), photo 4
Photo: derivative work: Snowmanradio (talk) Agapornis_lilianae.jpg: Wessel van der Veen · CC BY 3.0
Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), photo 5
Photo: Wessel van der Veen · CC BY 3.0
Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), photo 6
Photo: i_c_riddell · CC BY 4.0
Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), photo 7
Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0
Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), photo 8
Photo: derivative work: Snowmanradio (talk) Agapornis_lilianae_42_dagen_42_gram.jpg: Wessel van der Veen · CC BY 3.0
Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), photo 9
Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0
Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), photo 10
Photo: Agapornis5 · Public domain

ID tip

The Lilian's lovebird is 13 cm (5 inches) long and is mainly green with white eyerings. It has orange on its head, neck and upper chest and has a green rump. Male and female are identical in external appearance. The Lilian's lovebird is often mistaken for the slightly larger Fischer's lovebird, which has an olive-green hood and a blue rump. It is also broadly similar to the rosy-faced lovebird, which has more clearly demarcated orange colouration, and lacks a white eyering.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Lilian's Lovebird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Lilian's Lovebird

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Zambia Zimbabwe Malawi Mozambique

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia, South Africa.

About the Lilian's Lovebird

Lilian's lovebird, also known as the Nyasa lovebird, is a small African parrot species of the lovebird genus. It is mainly green and has orange on its upper chest and head. It is 13 cm (5 inches) long and is the smallest parrot on mainland Africa. In captivity, it is uncommon and difficult to breed.

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Easily confused with

Black-winged Lovebird (Agapornis taranta) Black-winged LovebirdAgapornis tarantaThe black-winged lovebird, with a length of about 16–16.5 cm (6.3–6.5 inches), is the largest species of lovebird. Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius) Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullariusThe red-headed lovebird is a 15 cm (6 inches) long, mostly green parrot. Grey-headed Lovebird (Agapornis canus) Grey-headed LovebirdAgapornis canusThe grey-headed lovebird is one of the smallest species of the lovebird genus, being 13 cm (5 inches) long and weighing about 30–36 grams.

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