Abstract

Ecology can be defined as the relationship which lovebirds have with respect to each other in their physical environment. Lovebirds living in captivity or wild are quite beautiful and captivating, their pair bonding on tree branch is always the first mental picture that comes to the mind of the populace once lovebird is mentioned. They are usually spotted from woodlands of island of Madagascar to the coastal plains of southwest Africa, north to the highlands of Ethiopia, in each unique geographical location nine species of lovebirds are living there. migratory and residence birds and their presence are usually observe during planting and harvesting season of crops such as maize, groundnuts and guinea corn and the birds are randomly shared out in accessible habitat. In little assemblage lovebirds exist and the forage on fruits, grasses, seeds and vegetables, figs and insects. The threats to wild population of lovebirds are: trade in live lovebird, habitat destruction, habitat loss, habitat degradation, and habitat fragmentation. following measures should be adopted; avoid felling of trees used for nesting by lovebirds, planting of new trees to restore already degraded and fragmented areas and continuous enforcement of laws prohibiting trade in live birds and enacting of new laws.

Keywords

Lovebirds; Agapornis pullaria; ecology; threats; habitat loss; pet trade