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 |
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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