GENERAL INFORMATION

Arround 1877, the Fischer's Lovebird ( A. Fischeri) was discovered by the explorer Dr. Fischer. Their natural habitat is an inland plateau between 1200 and 1800 metres altitude, with deciduous woodland and bush, south of the Lake Victoria. There, they live in small flocks of a few birds. The mainly feed is grass and accasia seed, but also millet and maize. They als breed easely in captivity and have 4 to 6 eggs. The incubation is 21 to 23 days.

DISCRIPTION

• 15 cm long

• Main body colour is greem

• The fore-head is orange

• From the top of the head to the back this becomes more suffused with olive-green

• A bear eye ring is found around the eyes

• The bill is coral red

• The feet are gray and the claws are dark-grey to black

• The rump should be a clear violet

• There is no sexuel dimorphism

MUTATIONS

Pastel, pieds, slaty, dark eyed clears (yellow- or white black-eyed).

 

Mutations

 

Name	Mutation	Rump	Legs	Claws	Eyes	Flights	Inhéritance	Details
Dark Eyed Clear	Reduction Eumelaninne 95 %	Light blue	Grey	Grey	Dark	White	Recessive
Single  Factored   Edged	Reduction Eumelaninne  50 %	Violet blue	unaffected	unaffected	Dark	Almost completely black	Dominant
Double Factored    Edged	Reduction Eumelaninne 50 %	Violet blue	unaffected	unaffected	Dark	Light grey	Dominant
Dominant     Pied	Partialy reduction eumelaninne	Blue	Variable	Variable	Dark	Variable	Dominant	Green bird with almost yellow body colour - Reduction at wings restricted to a few feather areas
Reccesive     Pied	Almost total absence of eumelaninne	Blue rump  almost disappeared	Mostly grey	Variable	Dark	Variable	Recessive	Red psittacine redused in mask - Almost complete yellow bird showing some green spots here and there, mostly at wings coverts
Slaty	Colour changing  of keratin in wings	Grey	unaffected	unaffected	Dark	Black	Dominant
Blue	Transmutation Personata	Violet blue	unaffected	unaffected	Dark	Black	Recessive
Pastel	Transmutation Personata (?)	Violet blue	bleached	bleached	Dark	Light grey to white	Recessive	NOT SUITABLE FOR SHOWS
Ino	Transmutation Lilianea	White	Light grey to flesh colour	Flesh colour	Red	White	Recessive	Combination with green birds = Lutino  - Combination with blue birds : Albino
Violet SF & DF	Tranmutation Personata	Violet	unaffected	unaffected	Dark	Black	Dominant	Only the bleu D SF & DF are suitable for shows