【Name】 Ethiopian species of love birds Also known as Black-winged】 【couple parrots, love birds black-winged, black-winged Parrot Peony 【】 Agapornis taranta Latin name 【English name】 black-winged lovebird Section is classified】 【Aves (aves), parrot-shaped head, parrot families, the African parrot family Length: 17 cm Subspecies: There are no known subspecies Appearance: kind of parrot birds body is green, the forehead, between the beak and eyes, red around the eyes; chest, abdomen, inner wing coverts, light green; wing coverts and flight feathers inside is black; tail green; beak red; iris dark brown. Female birds head is not red, green wings inside. Chicks like the color and the mother bird, but the body color than the dark, brown, yellow beak is black, to go to 3 or 4 months before beginning to start the color turns into an adult, fully grown adult birds like body color requires 8 to 18 months. Habitat and Habits: Black-winged lovebirds main habitat in the forest highlands, preferred species of cypress, acacia and euphorbia species; between 1800-3200 m in the savannah regions but also their activities. Most of them usually composed of 8-20 groups, the trees in the habitat of many ethnic groups will gather near; prefer relatively tall trees, usually dawn to fly to feeding areas in search of food, and then arrive an hour before sun_set_ tree holes, and then one night stay at the dead tree hole, a few birds with one another alert will be waiting. Black-winged couple of wild parrots living in the tropical jungle, often _set_ large group life, typically nest in tree holes in breeding a variety of plant seeds, fruits and berries for food. In the south, the birds often damage crops and orchards in the cluster, driven by local farmers. Because of this feather colors bright, often caught feeding, resulting in fewer and fewer wild number. Food: Black-winged lovebirds mainly on seeds, berries, fruits (figs preference) for food. Geographical Distribution】 【 Black-winged parrot lovers, the male is dark green, while the brow, eye socket, and the feathers around the eye with a deep red to black after the Chi Yu. Females without red eye or forehead, as the next Chiyu green, black and bring some green. Black-winged parrot lovers of birds belonging to the plateau from Ethiopia. until this century for the birds, known by breeders, early 20th century is associated with trade. This bird simply is one of the life love birds. Reproduction】 【 Black-winged parrot lovers a year, in addition to the hot summer months, the other seasons can breed. 6-8 pieces of normal female litter laying, hatching about 19 days. Hatching process, the male stick in the nest and fed the female care, and female than feeding, drinking water and feces excretion time out, the always adhere to the hatch. Hatched chicks were fed by the parent birds leave the nest before being ,35-40 days, 50 days before an independent life, 6 and a half months to reach sexual maturity.
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Name class
【Chinese Name】 Ethiopia love birds 【Alias】 Chinese couple black-winged parrot, black-winged love birds, black-winged Parrot Peony 【】 Agapornis taranta Latin name 【Time】 named Stanley, 1814 【English name】 Black-winged Lovebird 【Category】 Aves families and genera, parrot-shaped head, parrot families, the African parrot family, couple parrots are
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Shape features
Love birds love birds Ethiopia Ethiopia 17 cm in length. The body is green parrot birds, forehead, between the beak and eyes, red around the eyes; chest, abdomen, inner wing coverts, light green; wing coverts and flight feathers inside is black; tail is green; birds beak red; iris dark brown. Female birds head is not red, green wings inside. Chicks like the color and the mother bird, but the body color than the dark, brown, yellow beak is black, to go to 3 or 4 months before beginning to start the color turns into an adult, fully grown adult birds like body color requires 8 to 18 months.
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Distribution
Love Bird distribution in Ethiopia located in central and southern Africa (including the southern Arabian Peninsula, the Sahara (the Tropic of Cancer) to the south of the entire African continent.)
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Habits
Ethiopia Ethiopian love birds love birds main habitat in the forest highlands, preferred species of cypress, acacia and euphorbia species; between 1800-3200 m in the savannah regions but also their activities. Most usually composed of 8-20 groups, the trees in the habitat of many ethnic groups will gather near; prefer relatively tall trees, usually dawn to fly to feeding areas in search of food, and then one hour before sun_set_ arrived at the tree hole to stay one night at the dead tree hole, a few birds with one another alert will be waiting. Ethiopian love birds living wild in the tropical jungle, often _set_ large group life, typically nest in tree holes in breeding a variety of plant seeds, fruits and berries for food. In the south, the birds often damage crops and orchards in the cluster, driven by local farmers. Because of this feather colors bright, often caught feeding, resulting in fewer and fewer wild number. Love birds belonging to the Ethiopian highlands from Ethiopia birds, until the 20th century was known to breeders for birds, early 20th century is associated with trade.
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Growth and reproduction
Ethiopia Love birds Ethiopia Ethiopian love birds love birds a year, in addition to the hot summer months, the other seasons can breed. 6-8 pieces of normal female litter laying, hatching about 19 days. Hatching process, the male stick in the nest and fed the female care, and female than feeding, drinking water and feces excretion time out, the always adhere to the hatch. Hatched chicks were fed by the parent birds leave the nest before being ,35-40 days, 50 days before an independent life, 6 and a half months to reach sexual maturity.
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Protection class
Included in the "World Conservation Union" (IUCN) ver 3.1:2008 Red List of Birds.