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  Evolution of nest-building behavior in Agapornis parrots Auk, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The genus Agapornis is an interesting group for studying the evolution of nest-building behavior in parrots because its nine species include examples of most types of nesting behavior observed across the parrot family.
Members of the genus Agapornis are small, short-tailed parrots that are native to African forests and savannas.
Agapornis roseicollis females carry nesting material (strips of bark, leaves, or grass) tucked in their rump feathers and build cup-shaped nests within cavities.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_199804/ai_n8785457   (909 words)

  
 Congenital Chondrodysplastic Dwarfism in a Fischer’s Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Congenital Chondrodysplastic Dwarfism in a Fischer’s Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri)
A genetic basis for chondrodysplasia is suggested by the consanguinity of the parents and the presence of another bird with proportionate dwarf characteristics hatched in a subsequent clutch.
A genetic basis for the chondrodysplasia is suggested by the consanguinity of the parents and the presence of another bird with dwarf growth characteristics hatched in a subsequent clutch.
www.vet.uga.edu /IVCVM/1998/frazier/frazier.htm   (1477 words)

  
 Agapornis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Agapornis are little parrots, which live in the tropical zone of Africa and in the Madagascar Island.
Agapornis are not dangerous, they are very good pets.
They are the cleanest Agapornis and every day the go to the nearest river and there they take two baths.
www.eirelink.com /st-patricks/1998/1B/maider_ub.html   (349 words)

  
 AGAPORNIS WRLD
Agapornis is a Greek word that means ‘bird of love’.
This little parrot independently of the habitat where it lived kept the same characteristic of living in pairs, being this, the origin of the word agapornis, the inseparables.
Lovebirds are divided in 9 species: roseicollis, fischer, personata, nigrigenis, pullaria, lilianae, taranta, cana and swiderniana, all from continental Africa, except agapornis cana, that lives in the island of Madagascar.
www.agapornisworld.com /species.htm   (171 words)

  
 Lovebird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A lovebird (genus Agapornis, Greek for "lovebird") is a very social and affectionate parrot.
When they are let out of their cage, it would be wise to watch them carefully, and protect any furniture, electrical wiring or anything else that they could possibly chew on.
Lovebirds are all of the genus Agapornis and can produce offspring with other lovebirds within the same genus, these are thus hybrids, and are often sterile.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agapornis   (762 words)

  
 Animales mascotas - Pájaros, los agapornis o inseparables
Se denomina Agapornis a un género de loros de pequeño tamaño procedentes de las zonas tropicales de África.
En la naturaleza, los agapornis viven en las cavidades de los árboles donde ponen de tres a siete huevos que incubarán durante 2 días.
El agapornis se alimenta principalmente de granos, pero ello no implica que la alimentación deba reducirse a estos últimos, puesto que se deberá procurar establecer una dieta equilibrada que abarque también las frutas y las verduras.
www.gestialba.com /public/animales/animacast101.htm   (701 words)

  
 Lovebird Link
The third lovebird is the fischer’s lovebird or Agapornis fischeri.
The normal mutation has a fl-brown head, the collar,throat, and chest is yellow, the body green, the beak is red, the rump is bluish, the feet are gray and the brown eyes have a white eye ring.
The fifth lovebird is the fl-cheeked lovebird or Agapornis personata nigrigenis.
yuan.ecom.cmu.edu /anne/lovebird.htm   (933 words)

  
 Genetics
All are native to mainland Africa except for Agapornis Canus (Madagascar), which is native to the island of Madagascar.
Agapornis roseicollis (peach faced), Agapornis fischeri (fischer's), and Agapornis personatus (masked), are the most common species found in aviaries and pet shops.
The peach face is no exception to this rule so in their natural form these beautiful little guys have a grassy green body color, with a deep red face, forehead and bib.
www.lovebirds.ca /genetics.htm   (4861 words)

  
 <<<< Amo Mis Aves>>>>
Los agapornis son aves sociables, por lo que si decide tener uno sólo, tendrá que comprometerse a pasar un buen rato con él todos los días.
Un agapornis no aprenden a hablar, aunque emite bastante ruido, pero si son fáciles de adiestrar para tareas simples y divertidas como hacer sonar objetos.
Los agapornis pasan la mayor parte del tiempo en su jaula, por lo que es lo primero que debemos tomar en cuenta para su bienestar.
www.amomimascota.com /agapornis.htm   (841 words)

  
 AGAPORNIS
Los agapornis y las cotorras pertenecen al grupo conocido como loros, muchos de los cuales cuentan con hermosos plumajes.
La alimentación de los agapornis consiste en una mezcla de semillas de alpiste, de mijo, de avena y girasol.
Existen agapornis que empiezan a nidificar desde los tres meses, sin embargo no conviene que procreen hasta el año de edad para permitirles una perfecta y adecuada aclimatación al medio ambiente.
www.maskota.com.mx /html/animales/agaporni.html   (700 words)

  
 BiologyBase: Scientific Names
The first of the pair of words in a scientific name is the name of the genus (plural genera) of the animal, and is intended to show a close relationship among those sharing the generic name.
Though it is another parrot, the difference in generic names means that the macaw is not considered to be as closely related to birds in the genus Agapornis as Agapornis cana and Agapornis fischeri are to each other.
Agapornis cana) the first time you use it, but then you can use the initial of the genus (A.
www.interaktv.com /articles/scinames.htm   (1103 words)

  
 Love Bird Species Page
The Agapornis lilianae or Nyasa Lovebird, which is somewhat rare in captivity and which is monomorphic.
The female's head is a greenish brown and her breast feathers are a yellowish green color as is the rest of her underside and her underwing coverts are green.
The Agapornis swinderniana or Swindern's Lovebird is monomorphic.
www.wingscentral.org /aps/LoveBird1.aspx   (862 words)

  
 PAPAGÁJE - PAPOUŠCI - PAPAGEIEN - PARROTS - PSITTACIDAE - Agapornis liliane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Agapornis ružovohlavý pochádza zo Zambie, z Tanzánie a zo Zimbabwe, kde žije predovšetkým v oblastiach bohatých na vodu a to vo veľkých skupinách.
Agapornis ružovohlavý patrí ku najmenším známym druhom medzi agapornismi, dospelé vtáky merajú asi 13 cm.
Agapornis ružovohlavý sa vyskytuje v dvoch farebných verziách – v pôvodnom zafarbení a ako lutino.
www.parrotclub.sk /part/artikel.php?id=52   (206 words)

  
 An Outbreak of Fatal Disease in Peach-faced Lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) Attributed to an Unidentified Protozoan ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
An Outbreak of Fatal Disease in Peach-faced Lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) Attributed to an Unidentified Protozoan Parasite
In September of 1997 three Peach-faced Lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) were presented for necropsy at a diagnostic laboratory in North Carolina.
Case history: Two male and one female adult Peach-faced Lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) were submitted for necropsy to the Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Raleigh, North Carolina.
www.vet.uga.edu /IVCVM/1998/hawk/hawk.htm   (1134 words)

  
 Fischer's Lovebird - A Bravenet.com Hosted Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Masked lovebirds (Agapornis personata personata) have a flish brown head, the chest and lower neck are yellow and the beak is red.
Nyasa lovebirds (Agapornis personata lilianae) are mainly green birds with a red beak, red forehead, and an orange/red throat and cheeks.
The Abyssinian lovebird (Agapornis taranta taranta) is mostly green, with the males having a red brow.
fischerlovebirds.bravehost.com /others.html   (577 words)

  
 PAPAGÁJE - PAPOUŠCI - PAPAGEIEN - PARROTS - PSITTACIDAE - Agapornis cana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Agapornis šedohlavý, ktorý sa často označuje ako "cana", je trpasličí papagáj s sivou maskou.
Agapornis šedohlavý je jedným z mála druhov agapornisov, u ktorých je rozdiel medzi samičkou a samčekom patrný v ich zafarbení – samčekovia majú popolavo šedivú hlavu a krk, zatiaľ čo samičky sú prevažne zelené.
Agapornis šedohlavý pochádza z listnatých oblastí a je preto jasné, že aj vo svojej voliére ocenia zeleň.
www.parrotclub.sk /part/artikel.php?id=54   (291 words)

  
 AGAPORNIS WORLD
Agapornis World is the African Love Bird Society journal that has been in print since 1976.
Back copies of the Agapornis World journal are available to everyone for purchase whether you are a member or not.
What is most important of all is that the information within the pages of Agapornis World can become readily available to all members and non-members for reference.
www.africanlovebirdsociety.com /journals/Agapornis_World.html   (610 words)

  
 Agapornis
Agapornis - matéria na revista Cães and Cia.
Agapornis Canus - informações sobre o agapornis cana no Lexicon of Parrots.
Agapornis Roseicollis - informações sobre o agapornis roseicollis no Lexicon of Parrots.
www.geocities.com /crianim/agapornis.htm   (313 words)

  
 Agapornis roseicollis
Los agapornis mantienen bien podadas estas plantas, pues en cuanto un brote nuevo asoma por la malla metálica intentando salir por la parte de los agapornis, rápidamente es descubierto y devorado.
Yo los mantuve (fuera del periodo de reproducción) durante un par de veranos junto a los periquitos, que aprenden rápido a defenderse de las fechorías de los agapornis (que casi siempre andan tramando alguna...
Hay que tener mucho cuidado cuando se introducen nuevos agapornis en una pajarera en la que ya haya una población de estas aves establecida.
aviaqua.iespana.es /agapornisroseicollis.html   (1440 words)

  
 Wired News: The Old Mac That Went to Pot
"Agapornis" and "Prozac," a pair of 29-year-old computer nerds from Austin, Texas, traded chips for hits when they transformed an old all-in-one Mac into a device for smoking marijuana.
The first was made in 1992 and attempted to incorporate both a fish tank and a bong within the casing of the old computer.
But after 10 years of perfecting the design, they are smoking less and less pot; they've gone from chronic to occasional smokers.
www.wired.com /news/mac/0,2125,50820,00.html   (868 words)

  
 Lovebirds, Agapornis, African Parrots, Peachfaced Lovebirds
Lovebirds, Agapornis, and African lovebirds are terms that can refer to nine different species of lovebird parrots.
Peachfaced lovebirds are sometimes named by their color mutations: pied lovebirds, violet lovebirds, Dutch blue lovebirds, normal peachface lovebirds, orangeface lovebirds, and mauve lovebirds, to name a few.
Fischer's lovebirds and Masked lovebirds are DIFFERENT species of lovebirds (Agapornis personata fischeri and Agapornis personata personata, respectively) and should not be bred with peachfaced (A. roseicollis) lovebirds.
www.parrotparrot.com /lovebirds   (774 words)

  
 Cosas de Agapornis - Las especies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Los agapornis, también llamados inseparables o pájaros del amor son originarios de África central y meridional así como de la isla de Madagascar y de otras islas circundantes.
Los agapornis son de reducido tamaño, con cola corta, pico relativamente grande respecto al tamaño del ave y fuerte, y generalmente tienen un plumaje de color verde pero con diferentes colores en la cabeza.
Estas diferencias pequeñas del color en las plumas de la cabeza, color del pico, anillo ocular y otras más, hacen que se puedan dividir los agapornis en 9 especies, dentro de las cuales existen algunas y con muy leves diferencias, con lo que podemos decir que existen 15 subespecies.
cosasagapornis.com /content/view/21/72   (533 words)

  
 Lovebirds
The first is called the Sexually Dimorphic group which includes: Madagascar (Agapornis Cana) lovebirds, Red-faced (Agapornis Pullaria) and Abyssinian (Agapornis Taranta) lovebirds.
The Intermediate group includes: Peachface lovebirds (Agapornis Roseicollis) and Swinder's Black-collered (Agapornis Swinderniana) lovebirds.
The last is the White Eye-Ring group which includes: Masked (Agapornis Personata) lovebirds, Fischers (Agapornis Fischeri) lovebirds, Black-cheeked (Agapornis Nigrigenis) and Nyassa (Agapornis Lilianae) lovebirds.
www.singing-wings-aviary.com /lovebirds.htm   (1130 words)

  
 Agapornis - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
El inseparable (agapornis) debe su nombre a sus fuertes vínculos de pareja; el macho y la hembra pasan mucho tiempo juntos y con frecuencia se arreglan las plumas uno al otro.
Algunas especies de agapornis son aconsejables para un criador principiante.
Agapornis sin anillo ocular blanco: Agapornis Cana Agapornis Pullaria Agapornis Taranta Agapornis Swinderinana Agapornis Roseicollis
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agapornis   (267 words)

  
 Agapornis : comparativas, precios y compras online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Se le llaman también Inseparables debido a que la relación con su pareja dura toda la vida (hasta que la muerte los separe) Los Agapornis se dividen en 9 especies: - Inseparable de cabeza roja (Agapornis pullaria) - Inseparable de cabeza negra (Agapornis ninigrenis) - Inseparable rosa (Agapornis roseicollis) -...
...6 o 9 especies de Agapornis "los libros se contradicen un poco sobre esta cuestión, supongo que por las mutaciones" aunque aquí solo solemos ver de 2 tipos, los cabeza de melocotón tienen la cabeza rojo-anaranjado y el cuerpo verde y los fischer que tienen el contorno de los ojos de color blanco.
El agaporni es un ave que recuerda mucho al loro pero en tamaño pequeño.
www.ciao.es /Agapornis__353146   (588 words)

  
 Agapornis – Termos gerais - arcadenoe.pt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Os Agapornis não correspondem exactamente à fama de serem animais de estimação "fáceis de cuidar".
Espécies de Agapornis: Distingem-se dois grupos: espécies com contorno de olhos de cor brancas e espécies sem contorno de olhos de cor branca.
Espécies sem contorno de olhos de cor branca : Agapornis roseicollis (Inseparável de Angola), Agapornis taranta (Papagaio da Montanha), Agapornis cana, Agapornis pullaria e Agapornis swinderniana.
arcadenoe.clix.pt /article.php3?article=275   (380 words)

  
 Bird Club of America's Breeding Patnership for Peachface and Masked Lovebirds
The Masked Lovebird (Agapornis personata) is one of nine species of Lovebirds.
Its closest cousin is the Fischer's (Agapornis fischeri).
The other two of this group are the Black-Cheeked (Agapornis nigrigenis) and the Nyasa (Agapornis lilianae).
members.tripod.com /~KGKAT/maskssp.html   (700 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Colored Atlas of Lovebirds: Agapornis : More Than a Hobby, a Passion!: Books: Alessandro ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The birds of the genus Agapornis (Selby) are represented by nine distinct forms in the wild, all from continental Africa, except Agapornis cana (Gmelin), which is found on the island of Madagascar.
Alessandro D'Angieri, a Brazilian physician with an interest in ornithology, is a researcher at the State University of Campinas's Zoology Department (UNICAMP) who has dedicated his life to the study and preservation of Brazilian and foreign birds.
Agapornis form nine distinct forms in the wilds of continental Africa and the coastal region of the island of Madagascar.
www.amazon.com /Colored-Atlas-Lovebirds-Agapornis-Passion/dp/0793804736   (1539 words)

  
 RPP Noticias - El vuelo de los agapornis para alegrar la casa II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
No se sorprenda si es que su agapornis se posa en su cabeza, suelen hacerlo cuando entran en confianza, lo cual significa que usted podrá intentar acariciar su cabecita sin temor a recibir un picotazo.
La forma en que el engreído agapornis se comunica son los chillidos, si estos son frecuentes es síntoma de que algo negativo ocurre, esto puede ser la falta de dedicación de su parte pues debido a su naturaleza, esta ave como mascota necesita de atención y varios rounds de cariño al día.
No son como los independientes loros, los agapornis requieren dedicación.
www.rpp.com.pe /portada/mascotas/52144_1.php   (653 words)

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