Alternative name: Abyssinian Lovebird
- Agapornis taranta
Identification
16cm (6 in)
- Green overall plumage
- Black tipped tail
- Yellow undertail
- Light green rump
- Black primaries and wing-coverts
- Red bill
- Grey feet
Male has red forehead and red eyering.
Distribution
Eastern Africa: found in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Highland forests, particularly with juniper.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes seeds. berries (especially juniper berries) and fruit such as figs.
Breeding
They nest in a tree cavites, holes in walls and weaver's nests. The 3-4 white eggs are incubated by the female for 23 days. The young fledge about 45 days after hatching.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2015)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-winged Lovebird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-winged_Lovebird
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