Agapornis nigrigenis

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].

Ecology: It inhabits deciduous woodland, dominated by mopane Colophospermum (not Baikiaea1,4, as formerly reported7), where permanent supplies of surface water exist4,11. It commutes to adjoining habitats , such as riverine vegetation and agricultural areas, to forage and drink16. It requires daily access to water4,8,9,11, and needs to drink twice each day12,16. In the dry season it congregates in large flocks of up to 800 or more in some areas8. It relies on water sources that are not regularly disturbed by humans and livestock16,17. It breeds in holes in mature mopane trees near roosting sites2,13, during January-May10,12. Fidelity to nest-sites is suspected12. The breeding season coincides with the annual maximum rainfall and the beginning of the dry season15, and pairs usually raise a single clutch12,15. Broods of six and seven nestlings have been observed15. The species roosts in naturally formed cavities in live mopane trees12,13. Food largely consists of annual grass seeds, other seeds of annual herbs and ripening crop seeds (millet and sorghum)11,12,14. They have also been observed to consume invertebrates , leaves, flowers, nectar, bark , lichen, resin and soil12,14. The crop-ripening season coincides with the species's breeding season12,16 and its appetite for crop seeds has earned it a reputation locally as a pest11,12. In south-west Zambia, it has been recorded that 18% of millet seed heads suffered more than 20% damage from the species during the ripening season12.

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List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.9     Wetlands (inland) - Freshwater Springs and Oases   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Agapornis nigrigenis Sclater • Agapornis nigrigenis Sclater, 1906 • Agapornis nigrigenis W. L. Sclater, 1906 • Agapornis nigrigensis • Agapornis nigrigensis Sclater • Agapornis nigrigensis Sclater, 1906 • Agapornis nigrigensis W. L. Sclater • Agapornis nigrigensis W. L. Sclater, 1906

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Agapornis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. cana (Gray-Headed Lovebird) · A. cana cana (Grey-Headed Lovebird) · (Gray-Headed Lovebird) · A. canus canus (Gray-Headed Lovebird) · A. fischeri (FischerÌs Lovebird) · A. lilianae (LilianÌs Lovebird) · A. nigrigenis (Black-Cheeked Lovebird) · A. personata (Emerald-Collared Parakeet) · A. personata personata (Yellow-Collared Lovebird) · A. personatus (Yellow-Collared Lovebird) · A. pullaria (Red-Headed Lovebird) · A. pullaria pullaria (Red-Headed Lovebird) · A. pullarius (Red-Headed Lovebird) · A. pullarius pullarius (Red-Headed Lovebird) · A. roseicollis (Peach-Faced Lovebird) · A. roseicollis roseicollis (Peach-Faced Lovebird) · A. swinderniana (Black-Collared Lovebird) · A. swindernianus (Black-Collared Lovebird) · A. swindernianus swindernianus (Black-Collared Lovebird) · A. taranta (Black-Winged Lovebird) · A. taranta taranta (Black-Winged Lovebird)

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Further Reading

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 49.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 120.
• Bird notes. Brighton: Foreign Bird Club: 1902-1925. url p. 306, p. 34, p. 349, p. 44, p. 75.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 370.
• Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. London: The Club, 1893- url p. 11, p. 127.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 255, p. 256.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 150, p. 189, p. 56, p. 75.
• Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 106.
• Foreign birds for cage and aviary. By Arthur G. Butler London, "The Feathered world"[191-?] url p. 217.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 178, p. 322, p. 356, p. 361, p. 569.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 714.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 120.
• The Avicultural magazine. Ascot, Berkshire, etc.: Avicultural Society, etc. url p. 174, p. 317, p. 53, p. 58.
• The Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union. Pretoria. url p. 16.
• The natural history of South Africa. by F.W. Fitzsimons. London, New York [etc.]Longmans, Green and co., 1923. url p. 272.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 93, p. 93.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2008. Agapornis nigrigenis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:

• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10606
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554887
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554887
• IUCN ID: 189220
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1535

Footnotes

1. BirdLife International 2008. Agapornis nigrigenis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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