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Agapornis nigrigenis (Black-cheeked Lovebird)

Synonyms: Agapornis nigrigensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-cheeked lovebird (Agapornis nigrigenis) is a small parrot species of the lovebird genus. It is mainly green and has a brown head, red beak, and white eyerings. It is endemic in a relatively small range in southwest Zambia, where it is vulnerable to habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Agapornis nigrigenis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Agapornis nigrigenis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.80684
EDGE Score: 2.95633
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  40 grams
Female Weight [1]  43 grams
Male Weight [1]  38 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  13.2 %
Diet [2]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  80 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  50 %
Forages - Understory [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [4]  5
Fledging [1]  41 days
Incubation [3]  24 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bilili Springs Game Management Area 761085 Zambia      
Kafue National Park II 5535161 Zambia  
Mulobezi Game Management Area 845100 Zambia      
Sichifula Game Management Area 889579 Zambia      

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Kafue National Park Zambia A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii
Machile Zambia A1, A2, A3, A4ii

Prey / Diet

Albizia anthelmintica[3]
Searsia quartiniana (Glossy Velvet Karree)[3]
Syzygium guineense[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anthreptes longuemarei (Western Violet-backed Sunbird)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0