Wild Love Birds in Phoenix, Arizona

Peach faced love birds,
Yellow, Blue and Red with Green being predominant but Red or pink faced. Seen paired or in groups, heard before seen, our red faced love birds in Phoenix, AZ, represent the largest wild population outside Africa.

They are Wild Parrots living in Metro Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. They are non native but like many fell in love with the valley of the sun and have made Arizona home. The peach face parrot is native to South West Africa.

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[Warriorcatsfan227]

1:29 Is the bird next to it a Mourning Dove?

[Julieanne007]

@Warriorcatsfan227 ; yes those are mourning doves. they Coooo . The ring necks Sqaaawwww. The Inca doves are silent, always in pairs. All these are floor feeders.

[bobbyjthurman]

why are they different colors? different species of love birds?

[Julieanne007]

@bobbyjthurman , these are all "Agapornis roseicollis". Greek; Agap (Love) Ornis (Bird) Rosei (Pink/Peach/Rosy) Collis (color). There are about 17 color mutations in captivity. The Agapornis (Genus) has nine species, these are the rosycolors, or roseicollis or more commonly known as Peach faced lovebirds.

[Julieanne007]

They are asking for our help to look for, and report, lovebirds that you see on the morning of January 22, 2011 between the hours of 7:30 and 10:00 AM, Arizona time.

Here in Phoenix we would refer to backyards or places where we bike, hike, or go outside to look at birds and wildlife. Where you would normally see lovebirds is fine to see them and report them. The procedure for how they would like for you to do the count in on their web page.

[Julieanne007]

Our Peach-faced Lovebirds in the greater Phoenix area represent one of the largest, and probably THE largest, population of lovebirds outside of Africa. Because of the success of the mapping so far in Phoenix (you folks get the credit for that!), the World Parrot Count has created a special section in their count just for the greater Phoenix lovebird surveyors. Here is the link:

cml.leiden.edu/research/conser­vation/impacts/parrot/phoenix-­garden-parrot-count.html

[mourgozz]

@ericjkent Ok, Dou you thing ok? SO... Make it!

[ericjkent]

@mourgozz But there is no such word as ambiental.

[mourgozz]

@ericjkent sorry, but, you don't know about birds. When you introduce birds from others countries in USA you cause an ambiental crime. See the "tartaruga tigre", "scargot", Buffallo, "piton burmese"...

[ericjkent]

@mourgozz Hey man are you a little retarded or what is the problem here. First it's an AMBIENTAL crime whatever that means now it's cause the lovebird is not an American Bird. So what neither is the house Sparrow or many others I could name but you would have never heard of. If you don't have anything intelligent to say please say nothing at all.Thank You.

[mourgozz]

@ericjkent cause the love bird is not an american bird.

[ericjkent]

@mourgozz What is an AMBIENTAL CRIME? There is no such word as ambiental.

[ericjkent]

@nikoproks8 You are an IDIOT

[nikoproks8]

:( they shouldnt be there... if you see one try to catch it, because the love birds are not from USA...

[quaabhunter]

Dude these birds arent wild lovebirds. Wild Lovebirds are only found in parts all over africa and madagascar