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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Psittacidae — thelovebirds .
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②Agapornis nigrigenis: The Black - Cheecked Lovebird is one of nine species of the genus Agapornis.
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Agapornis roseicollis, rosy-faced lovebird by Pete Moulton — These have established a large and growing feral population in the Phoenix metro area.
Photography Contest: Finalists, Invasive - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Agapornis roseicollis, rosy-faced lovebird by Pete Moulton — These have established a large and growing feral population in the Phoenix metro area.
Photography Contest: Finalists, Invasive - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Birdlife on the river and in the bush is prolific with over 380 species recorded including Nyasa lovebird Agapornis lilianae, yellow-spotted nicator Nicator chloris, rock pratincole Glareola nuchalis, banded snake-eagle Circaetus cinerascens, and Livingstone's flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei.
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas, Zimbabwe 2009
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The ecoregion provides essential habitat for the rare and vulnerable black-cheeked lovebird (Agapornis nigrigenis), which is confined to medium-altitude mopane woodland in South Zambia and extreme northern Zimbabwe.
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Black-winged lovebird (Agapornis taranta), Ethiopia.
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Similarly, red-headed lovebirds (Agapornis pullaria), woodland seed eaters common to the northern and eastern forest-savanna mosaics, are most likely descended from open-canopy species.
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The true love-birds (_Agapornis_) may also be said to build nests, for they line their nest-hole with strips of pliant bark.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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