Male Gray-headed Lovebird, Grey-headed Lovebird, Agapornis canus ablectaneus, 15 cm. / 5.9 in. COMMON. Favors dry open habitats including spiny desert, forest clearings, sparsely wooded areas and savanna.
Berenty Private Preserve, Toliara, Madagascar.
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Female Gray-headed Lovebird, Grey-headed Lovebird, Agapornis canus ablectaneus, 15 cm. / 5.9 in. COMMON. Favors dry open habitats including spiny desert, forest clearings, sparsely wooded areas and savanna. Gregarious flocks of these lovebirds accompanied us along a trail. Handheld.
Berenty Private Preserve, Toliara, Madagascar.
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Lesser Vasa (Black) Parrot, Mascarinus niger libs, 35 cm. / 13.78 in. COMMON. Inhabits all native forest types, secondary forest and occasionally mangroves. Primitive species, one of the earliest parrots.
Spiny Forest, Toliary, Toliara, Madagascar.
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Red-crowned Parrot, Amazona viridigenalis, 30.48 cm. / 12 in. Found in river-border woods, forest borders, ranches and second growth. Handheld in the rain and as the sun was setting.
Valley Nature Center, Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States.
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Pink Cockatoo, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Lophochroa leadbeateri, Cacatua leadbeteri, 39 cm. / 15.4 in. ENDEMIC cockatoo inhabiting mallee, mulga, pine and she-oak. Checking out potential nest locations here.
Beckom, New South Wales, Australia.
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