Lovebird species and their amazing properties

Genus Agapornis or African lovebird has nine species. Eight of these lovebird species come from mainland Africa, while the remaining strains from Madagascar region. Three species are common varieties, while the five species that belong to the rare kind. 

The most common varieties include lovebird Masked lovebird, the peach faced and Fischer's lovebird lovebird species. On the other hand, the uncommon or rare them the bright red face lovebird, the Nyssa lovebird, the Madagascar lovebird, the black-collared, the Abyssinian lovebird and the black cheeks Lovebirds.

The masked lovebird species are identified through their faces covered with green mesh-like color. Wild they has blue mask or cobalt. Meanwhile peach faced lovebirds are the most popular and widespread form of captivity. They are noisy lovebird species. If you have a home, be careful to choose a cage that they need to be sure. They can weigh up to sixty grams. The peach faced is both curious and live naturally.

Fischer's lovebird is also a very common lovebird species. It was named after the person who discovered it, German explorer Gustav Fischer. It is identified for its green wing, chest and back and blue rump. It is a native of east-central Africa and northern Tanzania. It occurs in late trees with grass plains. It has the ability to fly straight and fast.

Nyssa Lovebirds typically comes in a green color. They have different mutations as bluish and Latino Nyssa. Another rare variety is the Madagascar lovebird species, also known as Mattie many lovebirds experts and enthusiasts. This specie comes from Madagascar, which makes it unique from the rest of the species that came from Africa. 

Compared with the other lovebird varieties that Mattie is very small, which can only be considered as much as a gram and not when kg. It has a timid and delicate appearance and has little finches rather than hook bills that birds have in common. It has a small beak and usually chooses Finch and / or canary seeds over sunflower or safflower seed mixtures as their staple food.

Black-collared species is withdrawn and is not responsible for captive breeding. The Abyssinian lovebird is very rare that they do not usually preferred as pets, while the black cheeks African lovebird species, on the other hand, may consist of bluish variation away from the blacks, which is more common.