Lovebird Species

FREE GUIDE

Stop Your Bird's Aggression Now!

Download your free guide "Why Birds Bite and What to Do About It"

    I will never sell your information for any reason

    Save This Article As PDF to Read Later

    Below is a complete list of all Lovebird species with links to their respective pages that have more in depth information about each individual bird.

    Stop Bird Biting!

    Download our free e-book:

    Why Does My Bird Bite and What To Do About It

      Immature Masked Lovebird (8 weeks old) - Blue Mutatio, commonly referred to as “Blue Masked”)

      Peachface Lovebirds

      Common Lovebird Species:

      Rare Lovebird Species (frequently referred to as “the rares”)

      Dimorphic Lovebird Species (males and females can visibly be differentiated)

      • Abyssinian Lovebirds (Agapornis taranta)
        • The male has a red forehead, lores and small ring of feathers around the eye.The female has no red markings on the head or eye area.
      • Madagascar Lovebirds or Grey-headed Lovebirds (Agapornis cana)
        • The male has a grey head, back of neck and breast. The rest of his body is green.The female is completely green.
      • Red-faced Lovebirds (Agapornis Pullaria)
        • The male has a bright orange-red face. His underwing coverts (feathers) are black.The female has an orange in the face, which is not as bright red as the male’s. Her underwing coverts (feathers) are green.

      Masked Lovebird

      Monomorphic Lovebird Species (males and females look alike)

      Eye-Rings (white featherless bare skin area around the eyes)

      Stop Bird Biting!

      Download our free e-book:

      Why Does My Bird Bite and What To Do About It

        • Masked Love Bird (Agapornis Personata)
          • Natural plumage mostly green (although blue has also occurred in the wild). The head is brown to sooty black. They have a yellow collar around the neck.
        • Fischer’s Lovebird (Agapornis Fischeri)
          • Natural plumage mostly green. Forehead is bright orange-red, suffusing to dark olive. Other color mutations have been bred in captivity.
        • Nyasa Lovebird or Lilian’s Lovebird (Agapornis Lilianae)
          • Natural plumage mostly green. The head is bright salmon to orange, brighter on the forehead, and paler on the cheeks, throat and upper breast
        • Black-cheeked Lovebird (Agapornis Nigrigenis)
          • Natural plumage mostly green, but slightly darker than that of the Nyasa, and lighter green on the underparts and rump. The head is brownish-black and the throat salmon-colored.

        Non-Eye-Rings

        • Peach-faced Lovebird (Agapornis Roseicollis)
          • Natural plumage mostly green with a rose-red face.
        • Black-collared Lovebird or Swindern’s Lovebird (Agapornis Swinderniana)
          • Natural plumage mostly green with a narrow black collar on the nape, with a chrome yellow area below.

        Lilian’s Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), also known as Nyasa Lovebird

        Species and subspecies:

        • Peach-faced Lovebirds or Rosy-faced Lovebirds, Agapornis roseicollis (Vieillot, 1818)
          • Agapornis roseicollis catumbella (B.P. Hall, 1952)
          • Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis (Vieillot,1818)
        • Masked Lovebirds aka Eye-rings or Yellow-collared Lovebird, Agapornis personatus (Reichenow, 1887)
        • Fischer’s Lovebird, Agapornis fischeri (Reichenow, 1887)
        • Lilian’s Lovebird or Nyasa Lovebird, Agapornis lilianae (Shelley, 1894)
        • Black-cheeked Lovebird, Agapornis nigrigenis (W.L. Sclater, 1906)
        • Grey-headed Lovebird or Madagascar Lovebird, Agapornis canus (Gmelin, 1788)
          • Agapornis canus ablectaneus (Bangs, 1918)
          • Agapornis canus canus (Gmelin, 1788)
        • Black-winged Lovebird or Abyssinian Lovebird, Agapornis taranta (Stanley, 1814)
        • Red-headed Lovebird or Red-faced Lovebird, Agapornis pullarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
          • Agapornis pullarius pullarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
          • Agapornis pullarius ugandae (Neumann, 1908)
        • Black-collared Lovebird or Swindern’s Lovebird, Agapornis swindernianus (Kuhl, 1820)
          • Agapornis swindernianus emini (Neumann, 1908)
          • Agapornis swindernianus swindernianus (Kuhl, 1820)
          • Agapornis swindernianus zenkeri (Reichenow, 1895) 

        Kiki

        Species Index (Alphabetical):

        Peach-face Lovebirds (White-face Violet Roseicollis? Looks like there is a D factor involved too. The mate at the back is a white-face Ino.)

        More Lovebirds Information

        Save This Article As PDF to Read Later
        Photo of author

        Team Beauty of Birds

        Beautyofbirds.com's team of experts includes veterinarians, biologists, environmentalists and active bird watchers. All put together, we have over half a century of experience in the birding space.

        You can meet our team here.
        Team Beauty of Birds is separate from the “Parrot Parent University” parrot training course and its instructors.

        Stop your bird from biting today. Download your free e-book to learn how...

        Is your bird aggressive towards you or another family member? Are you tired of the biting and lunging episodes?

        Join our exclusive community of bird parents and get your comprehensive 58-page free e-book "Why Your Bird Bites and What to Do About It"

        Simply enter your details below!