Parrots (Psittacidae)
Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius) - HBW 4, p. 409
French: Inséparable à tête rouge
German: Orangeköpfchen
Spanish: Inseparable Carirrojo
Other common names: Red-faced Lovebird
Taxonomy: Psittacus pullarius Linnaeus, 1758, Asia, Ethiopia; error = Ghana.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pullarius (Linnaeus, 1758) - patchily in Guinea, Sierra Leone and N Ivory Coast, and from Ghana E to Sudan and S into W Zaire and NW Angola, mainly N of Congo basin (southern boundaries unclear); also São Tomé.
- ugandae Neumann, 1908 - E Zaire to W Ethiopia, W Kenya and NW Tanzania.
- Least Concern
- No sound recordings available yet
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