East African Lovebirds and some examples of natural and hybridization.

Hybrids are sterile and their nest-building behavior is a mixture of behaviors expressed by the two parent species.

 

 
Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) at Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Yellow-collared Lovebird (Agapornis personatus) near Tarangire, Tanzania
 
 

Fisher's Lovebird (below) and hybrid between Fischer's and Yellow-collared (above) at Naivasha, Kenya.

(All pictures by Ken Clifton)

 

Hybrids also occur between captive Peach-faced and Fischer's Lovebirds