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The black-cheeked lovebird is 14 cm (5.5 in) in length, with mostly green plumage, reddish-brown forehead and forecrown, brownish-black cheeks and throat, orange bib below the throat which fades to yellowish-green, white eye-rings and grey feet. Adult have bright red beaks, while juveniles
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The black-cheeked lovebird inhabits deciduous woodland, where permanent supplies of surface water exist, as it needs daily access to water. In the dry season, these birds may congregate in large flocks of up to 800 or more. They are found in Zambia and may occur in
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of water bodies, causing drought, farming practices, hunting and trapping, fishing, logging and diseases. There are currently only between 2,500 and 9,999 mature individuals. However, they occur in nature reserves and there is an action plan in place to help them.
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The black-cheeked lovebird is relatively easy to breed in aviculture, but there was little interest in breeding them during the first half of the twentieth century at a time when imports were numerous. Now they are uncommon in aviculture and uncommon as pets.
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of the species are similar but with a more orange bill. Vocalizations are loud, piercing shrieks, which sound like the calls of other lovebirds.
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235:, where it is vulnerable to
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404:Lovebirds...getting started
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680:Golden-mantled racket-tail
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1201:Birds of Southern Africa
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272:Distribution and habitat
1211:Birds described in 1906
1206:Endemic birds of Zambia
872:(probably Psittaculini)
856:Mascarene grey parakeet
831:Blossom-headed parakeet
669:Blue-winged racket-tail
649:Blue-headed racket-tail
588:Madarasz's tiger parrot
24:Black-cheeked lovebird
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211:black-cheeked lovebird
841:Red-breasted parakeet
836:Lord Derby's parakeet
816:Slaty-headed parakeet
671:(or Sulu racket-tail)
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851:Long-tailed parakeet
826:Plum-headed parakeet
821:Grey-headed parakeet
644:Mindanao racket-tail
614:Blue-collared parrot
578:Painted tiger parrot
573:Brehm's tiger parrot
466:Agapornis nigrigenis
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216:Agapornis nigrigenis
179:Agapornis nigrigenis
879:Broad-billed parrot
794:Seychelles parakeet
705:Great-billed parrot
664:Mindoro racket-tail
639:Montane racket-tail
610:(or singing parrot)
583:Modest tiger parrot
40:Conservation status
720:Black-lored parrot
715:Blue-backed parrot
608:Red-cheeked parrot
553:Blue-rumped parrot
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696:Tanygnathus
630:Prioniturus
619:Song parrot
564:Psittacella
378:11 November
287:desiccation
255:Description
186:Sclater, WL
1185:Categories
1163:Xeno-canto
891:† (genus:
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780:Psittacula
599:Geoffroyus
327:References
318:Aviculture
263:Upper body
55:Vulnerable
1196:Lovebirds
544:Psittinus
155:Species:
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87:Eukaryota
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997:BirdLife
928:Wikidata
731:Eclectus
243:Taxonomy
225:lovebird
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233:Zambia
221:parrot
188:, 1906
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1111:NCBI
1085:IUCN
1072:ITIS
1033:GBIF
476:2008
437:ISBN
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304:corn
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