Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (28)
- Subspecies (2)
Nigel Collar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 24, 2017
Text last updated June 24, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooikopparkiet |
| Bulgarian | Оранжевоглава неразделка |
| Catalan | inseparable cara-roig |
| Croatian | crvenolica papigica |
| Czech | agapornis oranžovohlavý |
| Dutch | Roodmaskeragapornis |
| English | Red-headed Lovebird |
| English (AVI) | Red-headed Lovebird |
| English (United States) | Red-headed Lovebird |
| Estonian | punapea-lembelind |
| Finnish | savannikaijanen |
| French | Inséparable à tête rouge |
| French (Canada) | Inséparable à tête rouge |
| German | Orangeköpfchen |
| Hebrew | הבני אדום-ראש |
| Italian | Inseparabile testarossa |
| Japanese | コハナインコ |
| Norwegian | rødmaskeamorpapitt |
| Polish | nierozłączka czerwonogłowa |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Inseparável-de-cabeça-vermelha |
| Russian | Краснолицый неразлучник |
| Serbian | Narandžastoglavi agapornis |
| Slovak | agapornis červenohlavý |
| Spanish | Inseparable Carirrojo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Inseparable carirrojo |
| Swedish | rödhuvad dvärgpapegoja |
| Turkish | Kayısı Yüzlü Cennet Papağanı |
| Ukrainian | Нерозлучник гвінейський |
Agapornis pullarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus pullarius
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.102.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Asia, Ethiopia, error, Gold Coast substituted as type locality by Neumann, antea, p. 387.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- AGAPORNIS
- pullaria / pullarius
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Introduction
Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Agapornis pullarius pullarius Scientific name definitions
Distribution
patchily in Guinea, Sierra Leone and N Ivory Coast, and from Ghana (recorded also in SW Burkina Faso and SW Niger (1) ) E to Central African Republic and W South Sudan, and then S into W DRCongo and NW Angola, mainly N of Congo Basin (S boundaries unclear); also São Tomé.
Agapornis pullarius pullarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus pullarius
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.102.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Asia, Ethiopia, error, Gold Coast substituted as type locality by Neumann, antea, p. 387.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- AGAPORNIS
- pullaria / pullarius
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Agapornis pullarius ugandae Scientific name definitions
Distribution
E DRCongo to SW Ethiopia, Uganda, extreme W Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and NW Tanzania.
Agapornis pullarius ugandae Neumann, 1908
PROTONYM:
Agapornis pullaria ugandae
Neumann, 1908. Novitates Zoologicae 15, p.388.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Entebbe, Uganda.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- AGAPORNIS
- pullaria / pullarius
- ugandae / ugandensis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Red-headed Lovebird
