What species or sub-species are there?
There are either nine species if you adhere to the official listing. However, there is a minority that believes that the eye-ring group is actually descended from Agapornis personatus personatus, which results in six as opposed to nine species. Again, the official position is that there are nine species: Agapornis canus Madagascar Lovebird Agapornis ablectanea Agapornis pullarius Red-Faced Lovebird Agapornis p. ugandae Agapornis taranta Abyssinian Lovebird Agapornis t. nana Agapornis swindernianus Black-Collared Lovebird Agapornis s. emini Agapornis s. zenkeri Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis Peachfaced Lovebird Agapornis r. catumbella Agapornis personatus Masked Lovebird Agapornis fischeri Fischer’s Lovebird Agapornis lilianae Nyasaland Lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis Black-cheeked There are also those, in the minority, who view the eye ring group as descended from A.p. personatus or one species with 3 sub-species or races, which accounts for the six species hypothesis: Agapornis perso
