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Fischer's Lovebird - Information
Fischer's Lovebird - Information
DESCRIPTION 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15cm). Body shades of green, olive and brown head with orange on forehead and cheeks, golden neck and breast, rump blue, tail green with blue tips. Brown eyes, red beak. Immatures duller with brown markings on upper mandible. No distinction between sexes.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION The Fischer's Lovebird lives in Africa, south and southeast of Lake Victoria.
HABITAT Savannahs at elevations 3,281-22,966 feet (l,000-7,000m). Small flocks, nests in tree hollows. Flocks to fields at wheat-ripening time.
DIET Fischer's Lovebird likes cereal seeds, sunflower and safflower seeds, grain mixes, greenfood and fruit.
SPECIAL NEEDS Pairs. Fresh branches, bathing dishes. Sensitive to frost.
CAGE LIFE Fischer's Lovebird are attractive, easy to accommodate, sociable in aviary, possibly nervous. Flies straight and fast, making rustling noise with wings. Cage at least 27 1/2 inches (70cm) long with strong mesh. Nest boxes used year round for roosting. Lays 4 to 6 white eggs, incubation 20 to 25 days, fledging 35 to 40 days, totally independent 10 to 12 days after that.