Peachface Lovebird Information |
Agapornis roseicollis
General:
Peachface Lovebirds are the most common of the Lovebirds and have the most color mutations. The primary color is green, the face is red, beak is flesh colored and rump is blue. They are native to South West Africa. The Peachface is the largest of the Lovebird species. Peachface Lovebirds are easy to tame and can be a loyal companion. Lovebirds are colony birds and don't like being a lone, they are best kept in pairs unless you can give them at least a few hours a day of company and companionship.
Housing:
Lovebirds are very active and require space to fly, a cage of size at least 26X26X16 but larger is better, there are nice 30X30X36 cages on the market at very reasonable rates. They need plenty of toys and like to chew so make sure to get toys with wood parts. We buy all our toys from Chew Too Toys in Andover Minnesota. We use water bottles but still provide a dish of water so they can take a bath.
Diet:
We feed all our Lovebirds a Parakeet seed mix with plenty of grains, we add Pretty Bird Mini Breeder Select pellets to the seed 50/50. We feed Natural Gold Small pellets in a seperate dish. We also feed fresh vegetables on a daily basis. We provide both a mineral block and cuttle bones .
Color mutations:
Peachface Lovebirds come in Opaline, Blue, Violet, Lutino, Creamino, Turquoise, Aqua, Orange-face, Edged dilute, Pallid, Cinnamon, Pied, Fallow and Dark factored. The mutations we breed are shown below.
More in depth information on Peachface Lovebird mutations can be found here The official MUTAVI Agapornis Page |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 02 February 2008 )
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Turqoise (White-face) Violet Peachface Lovebird |
This is a beautiful female, she has a very nice white face, her body is Violet, the wings are Turqoise with some Violet showing. She is paired with an Opaline Peachface with a single Violet factor, no dark factor. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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Turqoise (White-face) Peachface Lovebird |
This bird a female has a blue body, the mask is almost all white with just a little peach color at the back of the mask. The wing feathers are turquoise. She is now paired with a Turquoise Violet Opaline Peachface Lovebird. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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Aqua Turqoise (Seagreen) Opaline Peachface Lovebird |
Aqua Turquoise some times called Seagreen is a combination of the Aqua and Turquoise mutations. The body color is a Seagreen and the mask is much lighter than the Aqua. This bird is also an Opaline which spreads the mask color over the back of the head. The Opaline mutation also causes much of the peach color of the mask to significantly. This bird a female is paired with an Turquoise Violet Opaline Peachface Lovebird. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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Opaline Turqoise (White-face) Violet Peachface Lovebird |
This bird is a Turquoise Violet Opaline, The Opaline mutation not only spread the mask color over the back of the head but also enhanced the turquoise color on the wings and the body is much bluer. This bird a male has been paired with an Turquoise Pallid (Australian Cinnamon) male. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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Orange-faced Opaline Peachface Lovebird |
The mask on this bird is orange instead of the red of a normal Peachface. The Opaline mutation causes the orange mask color to spread over the back of the head. This bird is paired with an Orange-faced Opaline female. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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Opaline Peachface Lovebird |
This bird is an Opaline Peachface with the normal Peachface coloring split to Orange-face and Lutino. A male he is paired with a Lutino split Orange-face female. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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Edged dilute Aqua Peachface Lovebird |
The Edged dilute mutation causes a 60% dilution of the color pigment of the feathers except at the edges, thus the name Edged Dilute. This bird a female is also an Aqua, she is paired with an Turquoise Violet Opaline male. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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PallidIno Peachface Lovebird |
This bird a male is a cross between a Pallid (Australian Cinnamon) and a Lutino, this cross can only take place in male Peachface Lovebirds. He is also split for Opaline and dominant Pied. He is paired with an Opaline female split for Orange-face. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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Turquoise Lutino Peachface Lovebird |
In this picture you can see three birds that are a much lighter yellow, almost a cream color. These are young Creaminos. The bird on the right is an Turquoise split to Lutino male. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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