Peachface Lovebirds
Peachface Lovebird InformationAgapornis 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 26X16X16 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 separate 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.
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 26X16X16 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 separate 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
The Opaline MutationNew in 1997 the Opaline mutation has quickly become the most popular Peachface mutation. In the Opaline Peachface Lovebird there is a reduction of melanin distribution on the back of the head and in the tail, psittacin is increased and enhanced. The effect is the face color is spread over the back of the head, red is increased in the tail and yellow is spread through the rump causing a color change from blue to green. Inheritance is sex linked. This mutation can be combined with other mutations as shown in our birds below.
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.
Orange-faced Opaline Peachface Lovebird
The mask on these birds are 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 is one of our breeding pairs.
The mask on these birds are 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 is one of our breeding pairs.
Opaline Pied Peachface Lovebird
The bird on the right is female, she is a Pied Opaline Peachface Lovebird. She is paired with a normal green Opaline male.
The bird on the right is female, she is a Pied Opaline Peachface Lovebird. She is paired with a normal green Opaline male.
Turquoise Opaline Peachface Lovebirds
The bird in the for-ground is the female. She is an Turquoise Opaline Peachface Lovebird. The male in this pair is a Turquoise Violet split to Opaline and Pallid.
The bird in the for-ground is the female. She is an Turquoise Opaline Peachface Lovebird. The male in this pair is a Turquoise Violet split to Opaline and Pallid.
Opaline Turquoise (White-face) Violet Peachface Lovebirds
This pair is 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 pair is 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.
Turquoise (White-face) Violet Peachface Lovebirds
This is our (White-face) Violet Peachface pair. The top bird is the male he has one dark and one violet factor and is split Pallid and Opaline. The female (bottom) has one violet factor and no dark. Violet shows better with either a dark factor or two violet factors.
This is our (White-face) Violet Peachface pair. The top bird is the male he has one dark and one violet factor and is split Pallid and Opaline. The female (bottom
) has one violet factor and no dark. Violet shows better with either a dark factor or two violet factors.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. The bird on the right a female is Edged Dilute and also an Aqua, she is paired with an Opaline split Turquoise male.
The Edged dilute mutation causes a 60% dilution of the color pigment of the feathers except at the edges, thus the name Edged Dilute. The bird on the right a female is Edged Dilute and also an Aqua, she is paired with an Opaline split Turquoise male.
Pallid Peachface Lovebird
This bird is a female Pallid. This mutation is often referred to as Australian Cinnamon but is not Cinnamon at all but Pallid. The pallid mutation causes about a 60% reduction in melanin resulting in a yellow green bird. The flight feathers are Grey. She is paired with an Orange-face split to Pallid and Opaline male.
This bird is a female Pallid. This mutation is often referred to as Australian Cinnamon but is not Cinnamon at all but Pallid. The pallid mutation causes about a 60% reduction in melanin resulting in a yellow green bird. The flight feathers are Grey. She is paired with an Orange-face split to Pallid and Opaline male.
Pallid Peachface Lovebirds
This is our Pallid pair. The male is a dominant Pied Orange-face making him much more yellow than a normal Pallid. He is also split for Opaline and Turquoise. The female is a Aqua-Turquoise Pallid split Orange-faced Peachface Lovebird.
This is our Pallid pair. The male is a dominant Pied Orange-face making him much more yellow than a normal Pallid. He is also split for Opaline and Turquoise. The female is a Aqua-Turquoise Pallid split Orange-faced Peachface Lovebird.
Lutino Peachface Lovebirds
This is one of our Lutino pairs. The male is a normal Green split to Lutino and Opaline, the female is Lutino.
This is one of our Lutino pairs. The male is a normal Green split to Lutino and Opaline, the female is Lutino.
Turquoise Lutino Peachface Lovebirds
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 left is an Turquoise split to Lutino male. These are all about 9 weeks old and from the same clutch.
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 left is an Turquoise split to Lutino male. These are all about 9 weeks old and from the same clutch.
