Rosy-faced lovebird
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The rosy-faced lovebird rapidly husks seeds using its tongue and beak.
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The rosy-faced lovebird rapidly husks seeds using its tongue and beak.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Rosy-faced lovebird
- Scientific name
- Agapornis roseicollis
- Japanese name
- コザクラインコ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Agapornis
A lovebird of south-western Africa. It lives in dry country close to water that never dries up.
Its forehead, cheeks and throat are rosy pink and its body is bright green. Females look much the same but slightly duller.
In the wild, it often raises its young inside the large shared nests built by weaver birds.
How the Rosy-faced lovebird lives
It is active by day and sleeps at night. It plucks flowers from trees and clips off petals and stamens with its beak to eat. Over short distances, it walks or sidles sideways. In cold weather, it fluffs its feathers and huddles with others to conserve heat.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Wingspan: 98–102 mm
- Weight
- 48–61 g
- Lifespan
- 15–25 years in captivity
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Diet
- Seeds
- Range
- Northwestern South Africa, western Namibia and southwestern Angola
Where the Rosy-faced lovebird has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- コザクラインコ
- 简体中文
- 桃脸牡丹鹦鹉
- 繁體中文
- 桃臉情侶鸚鵡
- 한국어
- 모란앵무
- Español
- Inseparable de Namibia
- Français
- Inséparable rosegorge
- Deutsch
- Rosenköpfchen
- Português (Brasil)
- Inseparável-de-faces-rosadas
- Italiano
- Inseparabile facciarosa
- العربية
- متيم قرنفلي الوجه
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Burung cinta berwajah merah
- Русский
- Розовощёкий неразлучник
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Agapornis roseicollisChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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