Black-cheeked Lovebird
Agapornis nigrigenisSclater, WL, 1906
English (US) Black-cheeked Lovebird
The Black-cheeked Lovebird (Agapornis nigrigenis) 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: southern Zambia and far northern ZimbabweRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Agapornis nigrigenis
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Black-cheeked Lovebird
- Described by
- Sclater, WL, 1906
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, WL, 1906
- Type locality
- Muguzzi River, Northern Rhodesia.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16 p.61
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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