Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius) | Photos and ID

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Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tommy Andriollo · cc-by

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius), photo 2 — Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius), photo 3 — Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius), photo 4 — Photo: Lukas Zangl · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius), photo 5 — Photo: Lukas Zangl · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius), photo 6 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius), photo 7 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius), photo 8 — Photo: Rafael Würtemberger · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius), photo 9 — Photo: Rafael Würtemberger · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius), photo 10 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The red-headed lovebird is a 15 cm (6 inches) long, mostly green parrot. It has a well demarcated red area on its head extending from the top of the beak, over the forehead to mid-crown, and extending to the left and right up to the eyelid margins. It has grey feet. The underside of the wings is a lighter green. The female has orange head colouring, which is less well demarcated than the male's red head. The adult male has a red beak while the female's is a paler red.

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When to see the Red-headed Lovebird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-headed Lovebird

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 19 countries with regular records, and 1 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.

Uganda São Tomé & Príncipe Nigeria Ghana Kenya Congo - Kinshasa Benin Cameroon Tanzania Gabon Central African Republic Congo - Brazzaville Sierra Leone Angola Liberia Rwanda Ethiopia Guinea Mali

Recorded as a rare visitor in Mayotte.

About the Red-headed Lovebird

The red-headed lovebird, also known as the red-faced lovebird, is a member of the genus Agapornis, a group commonly known as lovebirds. Like other lovebirds, it is native to Africa.

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Easily confused with

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.

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.

Lilian's LovebirdAgapornis lilianaeThe Lilian's lovebird is 13 cm (5 inches) long and is mainly green with white eyerings.

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