Black-winged Lovebird
Agapornis taranta(Stanley, ES, 1814)
English (US) Black-winged Lovebird
The Black-winged Lovebird (Agapornis taranta) 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: highland forest of EthiopiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Agapornis taranta
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-winged Lovebird
- Described by
- (Stanley, ES, 1814)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus taranta
- Described by
- (Stanley, ES, 1814)
- Type locality
- Pass of Taranta [inland from Massawa], Ethiopia.
- Original description
- A voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810 (etc.) App.iv p.lii
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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