Fischer's Lovebird
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'''Size:''' 6 inches (15cm) | '''Size:''' 6 inches (15cm) | ||
- | '''Habitat:''' North-Northwestern Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Lives in wooded grasslands with | + | '''Habitat:''' Africa; North-Northwestern Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Lives in wooded grasslands with acacia or commiphora; also in more open grassland with adansonia & cultivation; Commonest in acacia tortilis savanna. |
- | '''Status:''' Near threatened | + | '''Status:''' Near threatened. '''Global Population:''' 290,000 - 1,002,000 Mature individuals. There has been a major population decline since the 1970s owing principally to widespread trapping for the wild bird trade and poisoning in farmed areas. Export for this bird became illegal in 1992. |
'''Diet:''' Fruit and nuts. | '''Diet:''' Fruit and nuts. | ||
The Fischer’s Lovebird occasionally color mutates. Blue is the most common variant. The Blue version has a pale pink beak, bright blue back, tail, and chest, with a white neck and a pale grey head. | The Fischer’s Lovebird occasionally color mutates. Blue is the most common variant. The Blue version has a pale pink beak, bright blue back, tail, and chest, with a white neck and a pale grey head. | ||
- | '''Found in [http:// | + | |
+ | '''Found in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-africa.html Songbird ReMix Africa]''' |