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Fischer's lovebirds and a grey form of peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis spp.)

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MikeHardman

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Fischer's lovebirds and a grey form of peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis spp.)
« on: August 08, 2013, 09:29:12 AM »
We have become hosts to some love birds!



They are mainly Fischer's love birds (Agapornis fischeri) (the colourful ones, as in the photo above) but there is at least one grey one, which appears to be a grey form of the peach-faced love bird, A. roseicollis (photo below).



They are not native to Cyprus, and their nearest native range is sub-Saharan Africa, so they must be escapes/releases from captivity. Nonetheless, they are colourful additions to the denizens of our garden.

Discussion here
- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/32826#32826


Mike
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Mike
Geologist by Uni training, IT consultant, Referee for Viola for Botanical Society of the British Isles, commissioned author and photographer on Viola for RHS (Enc. of Perennials, The Garden, The Plantsman).
I garden near Polis, Cyprus, 100m alt., on marl, but have gardened mainly in S.England
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Alisdair

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Re: Fischer's lovebirds and a grey form of peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis spp.)
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2013, 10:21:51 AM »
Fascinating! (And much more welcome than the ringneck parakeets which are seriously expanding the area of their garden depradations in southern England as well as in many other European countries....)
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
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