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Fischer's Lovebird DESCRIPTION 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15cm). Body shades of green, olive and brown head with orange on forehead and cheeks, golden neck and breast, rump blue, tail green with blue tips. Brown eyes, red beak. Immatures duller with brown markings on upper mandible. No distinction between sexes. DIET Cereal seeds, sunflower and safflower seeds, grain mixes, greenfood and fruit. SPECIAL NEEDS Pairs. Fresh branches, bathing dishes. Sensitive to frost. CAGE LIFE Attractive, easy to accommodate, sociable in aviary, possibly nervous. Flies straight and fast, making rustling noise with wings. Cage at least 27V2 inches (70cm) long with strong mesh. BREEDING Nest boxes used year round for roosting. Lays 4 to 6 white eggs, incubation 20 to 25 days, fledging 35 to 40 days, totally independent 10 to 12 days after that. Masked Lovebird DESCRIPTION 51/2 to 6 inches (14 to 15.5cm). Dark brown head, yellow collar and breast, yellow-orange throat and chest yellow, body green, blue rump and tail, which has black and red band near ends on outer feathers. Brown eyes, red bill, grey legs. Immatures duller with black on beak. Females weigh more than males. Blue mutation also available. DIET Cereal seeds, sunflower and safflower seeds, grain mixes, green food and fruit. SPECIAL NEEDS Pairs. Cage with sleeping box shallow bathing dishes. Free, supervised flight in house. Susceptible to frost, gnaws fresh branches for building. CAGE LIFE Attractive and quiet. Distinctive coloration. BREEDING Male scratches its head with feet before mating, female lines nests. Provide more boxes than pairs, 19% X 10 inches (50 X 25cm). Lays 3 to 6 eggs, incubation 21 to 23 days, fledging 40 to 46 days. Peach Faced Lovebird DESCRIPTION 6 to 7 inches (15 to 18cm). Mostly bright, accented by pinkish on forehead, cheeks, chin, throat and below; blue on rump and upper-tail coverts. Tail green with black and rust. Yellow or greenish beak, brown eyes, green-grey legs. Female duller and larger than males, immatures greyish-green, and without red accents. Popular mutations are pied, dark factor, yellow, lutino and pastel blue DIET Cereal seeds, sunflower and safflower seeds, greenstuff, fruit and millet spray. SPECIAL NEEDS Dry room air creates hatching problems. House independent young in separate pen or aviary. CAGE LIFE Small, easy to tame, noisy, aggressive towards other species. Pairs, who preen each other, in strong cages 27'/2 inches (70cm) long, garden aviaries with covered areas, sleeping boxes and willow branches for nesting. BREEDING Up to three clutches per season. Transports feathers and bark for nest-building materials with rump feathers rather than beak. Lays 4 to 5 white eggs (after second egg, female begins incubation for 22 to 23 days), fledging 30 to 40 days, still fed by male for some time |
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