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It is quite rare in captivity, with only a very few breeders having successfully reproduced more than one or two generations. This, and the fact that even hand-fed birds remain too shy and nervous to make good pets, are clear reasons for any captive
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1547:Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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729:IOC World Bird List Version 12.1
620:Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de
598:Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de
288:La petite perruche de Madagasgar
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636:"Petite perruche de Madagascar"
466:BirdLife International (2018).
699:The Natural History of Parrots
606:Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux
373:is the Latin word for "grey".
301:and are not recognised by the
250:species. It is rarely seen in
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278:In 1760 the French zoologist
400:, 1918 – southern Madagascar
1537:Endemic birds of Madagascar
996:Yellow-breasted racket-tail
659:A General Synopsis of Birds
632:Daubenton, Louis-Jean-Marie
521:Lovebirds...getting started
340:, coined the binomial name
295:Psittacula Madagascariensis
261:Male at Beale Park, England
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1001:Golden-mantled racket-tail
750:Jobling, James A. (2010).
624:Martinet, François-Nicolas
602:"La perruche à tête grise"
551:Brisson, Mathurin Jacques
517:Le Breton, Kenny (1992).
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1177:Mascarene grey parakeet
1152:Blossom-headed parakeet
990:Blue-winged racket-tail
970:Blue-headed racket-tail
909:Madarasz's tiger parrot
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319:Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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269:Illustration of a pair
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1162:Red-breasted parakeet
1157:Lord Derby's parakeet
1137:Slaty-headed parakeet
992:(or Sulu racket-tail)
628:Daubenton, Edme-Louis
321:revised and expanded
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1147:Plum-headed parakeet
1142:Grey-headed parakeet
965:Mindanao racket-tail
935:Blue-collared parrot
899:Painted tiger parrot
894:Brehm's tiger parrot
788:"Species factsheet:
725:"Parrots, cockatoos"
694:Selby, Prideaux John
431:peach-faced lovebird
214:gray-headed lovebird
1200:Broad-billed parrot
1115:Seychelles parakeet
1026:Great-billed parrot
985:Mindoro racket-tail
960:Montane racket-tail
931:(or singing parrot)
904:Modest tiger parrot
355:Prideaux John Selby
218:Madagascar lovebird
56:Conservation status
18:Madagascar lovebird
1041:Black-lored parrot
1036:Blue-backed parrot
929:Red-cheeked parrot
874:Blue-rumped parrot
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453:References
437:Aviculture
389:Gmelin, JF
378:subspecies
252:aviculture
240:Madagascar
203:Gmelin, JF
1532:Lovebirds
865:Psittinus
425:Behaviour
350:Agapornis
337:Psittacus
171:Species:
164:Agapornis
109:Kingdom:
103:Eukaryota
1504:10924826
1484:Wikidata
1445:Species+
1398:22685326
1372:10217312
1310:22685326
1305:BirdLife
1249:Wikidata
1052:Eclectus
696:(1836).
676:(1788).
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600:(1779).
574:(1910).
553:(1760).
411:lovebird
290:and the
274:Taxonomy
248:lovebird
232:lovebird
149:Family:
123:Chordata
119:Phylum:
113:Animalia
99:Domain:
76:IUCN 3.1
1346:2479555
1333:gyhlov1
1320:gyhlov1
1292:Avibase
1255:Q845942
1085:extinct
735:26 June
244:African
230:of the
205:, 1788)
159:Genus:
139:Order:
129:Class:
74: (
1437:174398
1385:554883
838:Tribus
798:9 July
766:
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361:αγάπη
228:parrot
1450:10326
1424:71493
1411:60462
1367:IRMNG
1359:19078
1328:eBird
1317:BOW:
1083:† ₴ (
851:Genus
527:88–89
415:grams
398:Bangs
371:canus
367:ornis
363:agape
346:genus
333:genus
292:Latin
1499:GBIF
1406:NCBI
1393:IUCN
1380:ITIS
1341:GBIF
800:2008
764:ISBN
737:2022
531:ISBN
499:2021
482:2018
376:Two
212:The
133:Aves
1279:ADW
1087:or
486:doi
325:'s
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