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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Agapornis canus
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- Agapornis canus
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- Agapornis canus
- taxon common name
- Kitrehoky
- litter size
- 4.2
- short name
- A. canus
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The gray-headed lovebird or Madagascar lovebird (Agapornis canus) is a small species of parrot of the lovebird genus. It is a mainly green parrot. The species is sexually dimorphic and only the adult male has grey on its upper body. They are native on the island of Madagascar and are the only lovebird species which are not native on the African continent. They are the smallest of the lovebird species. It is rarely seen in aviculture and it is difficult to breed in captivity.
Male at Beale Park, England Illustration of a pair
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grey-headed Lovebird” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.