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Masked Lovebird Agapornis personata |
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Masked Lovebird Agapornis personata |
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The Masked Lovebird has a full black or chocolate-brown head with white eye-rings and a red bill. In the wild in East Africa it is generally green-bodied with a yellow collar, nape and chest. In captivity, several colours have been bred. |
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| Peach-faced | Masked x Peach-faced hybrid | Fischer's | Black-cheeked | |
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Masked x Peach-faced hybrid Lovebird
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If housed together in captivity, lovebird species will interbreed and create hybrids. In the wild, their territories do not overlap. The characteristics of the Peach-faced are dominant in this hybrid, with a darkened face (but not head), orange beak and slightly wider eye-ring from the Masked parent. |
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