Fischer's Lovebird
Agapornis fischeriReichenow, A, 1887
English (US) Fischer's Lovebird
The Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: northern Tanzania (south and east of Lake Victoria); feral populations in coastal Kenya and Tanzania (sometimes hybridizing with Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus) and in southern FranceRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Agapornis fischeri
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Fischer's Lovebird
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1887
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Agapornis Fischeri
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1887
- Type locality
- Ussure, Tanganyika Territory.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 35, no.177 p.54
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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