Fischer's Lovebird

How to identify

Field marks

1. White ring around the eye, bill red
2. Back, breast and wings green
3. Neck golden-yellow, grading upward to deep orange
4. Crown olive

Male, female and young

Sexes cannot be distinguished by plumage alone; juveniles are duller, with a brown patch at the base of the lower mandible.

Voice

Very vocal, with sharp, high-pitched chirps.

Where and when it's recorded

Fischer's Lovebird has been recorded at 70 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 15 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Serengeti NPTanzania571 records
2. Serengeti NP – SeroneraTanzania372 records
3. Ngorongoro Conservation Area – NdutuTanzania353 records

Countries and regions with the most records

TanzaniaUnited StatesChinaSpainThailandIndonesiaPortugalQatar

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

Fischer's lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) is a small parrot species of the genus Agapornis. They were originally discovered in the late 19th century. They are named after the 19th century German explorer of East Africa Gustav Fischer.

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