PERSONATAS 

( Masked lovebird)

 

 

It is one of the four eye ring species (personata, fischeri, lilianae and nigrigenis), and it is also known as black, due to the black colour of the head. Its size is around 16cm and its weight 48-55g, being the hens always larger than the cocks. They do not show sexual dimorphism and it is the second agapornis species with the largest number of specimens in the world.

The breeding of personata is a bit more difficult than the roseicollis one, but without any further complication. It is the species that built its nest in a more elaborated way, making covered nests with material carried in the beak by the hen

The egg laying is around 4-5 eggs, even reaching the number of 8. The incubation period lasts 22 days. The chicks leave the nest when they are 5 or 6 weeks old.

 

 

Mutations

• Dominant – Slaty.

• Incomplete dominant – Violet and dark factor.

• Recessive – Blue, ino (lutino/ albino), fallow, pied and dilute.

 

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