Yellow-collared Lovebird

Agapornis personatus Reichenow, 1887

≈18 cmLength52 gWeight

The wild type has a black hood, white eye-rings and a yellow collar around the neck.

Busiest months: February · Most records: Tanzania, United States, Spain

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Wild type has black head
Wild type has white eye-ring and red bill
Wild type has yellow neck and breast
Wild type has green back, wings and tail

Male, female and young

Sexes look alike; juveniles are duller than adults.

Voice

Sharp, varied calls.

Where and when it's recorded

Yellow-collared Lovebird has been recorded at 41 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 11 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Tarangire NPTanzania1,342 records
Tarangire NP – Entrance GateTanzania323 records
Tarangire NP – Tarangire Safari LodgeTanzania301 records

More places

Ruaha NPTanzania122 records
Tarangire NP – River LoopTanzania100 records
Tarangire NP – Silale SwampTanzania96 records
Lake Manyara NPTanzania33 records
Batini near USA RiverTanzania32 records
Kilimanjaro Golf & Wildlife EstateTanzania29 records
Serengeti NPTanzania20 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Tanzania United States Spain Israel Portugal Chile Paraguay Puerto Rico

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

The yellow-collared lovebird (Agapornis personatus), also called masked lovebird, black-masked lovebird or eye ring lovebird, is a monotypic species of bird of the lovebird genus in the parrot family Psittaculidae. They are native to Arusha Region of Tanzania and have been introduced to Burundi and Kenya. Although they have been observed in the wild in Puerto Rico, they are probably the result of escaped pets, and no reproduction has been recorded.

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