Black-cheeked lovebirds, also known as black-faced couple parrots and black-faced peony parrots, belong to the parrot family and originated in the last century. This bird is very spiritual and belongs to a typical small ornamental bird species. It is mainly distributed in central and southern Africa and surrounding areas such as Arabia and the Sahara Desert. In short, it is located in the climatic zone. Almost tropical, dry regions, although it is sometimes found in places like Victoria, Bolivia or Zimbabwe. In general, the distribution range of black-cheeked lovebirds is relatively small. Today, the number of their populations has been declining, and the prospects are not optimistic!

1. Appearance characteristics of the black-cheeked lovebird

The black-cheeked lovebird is short in size. It can be clearly seen that the color of the bird's body is basically green, and the front and top of its forehead are red Brown, its eyes, beak, cheeks, throat color is dark brown. In addition, the color of the head and neck of the black-cheeked lovebird is dark yellow-green, its chest is orange-red, and the lower part of the chest gradually turns yellow-green. Not only that, the black-cheeked lovebird has a pair of large black eyes, the color of the eye edge is white, which is very commensurate with the color of the body, its mouth is well developed, hard and powerful, and the color is red and white, it is really a kind of A bird species with good quality!

2. Habits and characteristics of black-cheeked lovebirds

Black-cheeked lovebirds live in bushes or at higher altitudes all year round Low plains, grasslands, mountains and other places, but they like to play in creeks and river valleys most. Whenever they play in groups, they are very noisy, especially during the breeding season. On weekdays, they often play with other small Companions roam the fields, houses, gardens, orchards. In addition, this kind of bird also has the habit of migration, and its migration place is not fixed, and almost always changes according to the season or the adequacy of food, but there is often a rule in the place where they live, which is the distance from the water source. closer. As far as it is concerned, the number of each cluster is about a dozen or so, and occasionally it will reach more than 20 or 30. It is really a kind of elf bird!

3. Black cheeks Common sense of raising lovebirds

1. Bird cages for rearing

If you raise black-cheeked lovebirds at home, then parents should pay more attention to the placement of the cages. At the same time, they have relatively high requirements for feeding temperature. In winter, black-cheeked lovebirds may show anorexia or even refusal to eat because of being afraid of cold, and sometimes they will cause many adverse diseases. Therefore, in the cold winter season, parents should not Place the bird cage in the vent. In addition, this bird is very active and has the habit of biting, so it is recommended that parents place some dead branches, sticks, miscellaneous leaves, etc. in the bird cage for the birds to eat when they are bored, which is also conducive to the health of the birds growth. It should be noted that black-cheeked lovebirds prefer to live in bird cages with wider lattices, and parents should also frequently replace the sand in the cages for them, so that it is possible to raise black-cheeked lovebirds well!

The peach-faced lovebird is more sensitive to the temperature of its food, so the temperature of its food should be consistent with its own temperature. It has a large demand for vitamins and minerals, so parents should feed it some foods with high nutritional value such as millet, eggs, glucose, etc., or add some auxiliary foods, such as millet, peanut kernels, etc. Wait!