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Agapornithinae 
Summary
Agapornithinae is a subfamily of psittacine birds, one of the five subfamilies that make up the family Psittaculidae.[1] Its members are small, short-tailed parrots that inhabit Africa and Asia. They usually have predominantly green plumage and present different colorations on the head.
| Agapornithinae | |
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| Agapornis roseicollis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Agapornithinae Salvin, 1882 |
| Genera | |
Genera edit
The subfamily contains 3 genera:[1]
- Genus Agapornis
- Agapornis canus – grey-headed lovebird
- Agapornis fischeri – Fischer's lovebird
- Agapornis lilianae – Lilian's lovebird
- Agapornis nigrigenis – black-cheeked lovebird
- Agapornis personatus – yellow-collared lovebird
- Agapornis pullarius – red-headed lovebird
- Agapornis roseicollis – rosy-faced lovebird
- Agapornis swindernianus – black-collared lovebird
- Agapornis taranta – black-winged lovebird
- Genus Bolbopsittacus
- Bolbopsittacus lunulatus – guaiabero
- Genus Loriculus
- Loriculus amabilis – Moluccan hanging parrot
- Loriculus aurantiifrons – orange-fronted hanging parrot
- Loriculus beryllinus – Sri Lanka hanging parrot
- Loriculus camiguinensis – Camiguin hanging parrot (sometimes considered a subgenus of L. philippensis)
- Loriculus catamene – Sangihe hanging parrot
- Loriculus exilis – pygmy hanging parrot or green hanging parrot
- Loriculus flosculus – Wallace's hanging parrot
- Loriculus galgulus – blue-crowned hanging parrot
- Loriculus philippensis – Philippine hanging parrot or Colasisi
- Loriculus bonapartei – black-billed hanging parrot
- Loriculus pusillus – yellow-throated hanging parrot
- Loriculus sclateri – Sula hanging parrot
- Loriculus stigmatus – great hanging parrot or Celebes hanging parrot
- Loriculus tener – Bismarck hanging parrot or green-fronted hanging parrot
- Loriculus vernalis – vernal hanging parrot
References edit
- ^ a b Leo Joseph, Alicia Toon, Erin E. Schirtzinger, Timothy F. Wright, Richard Schodde. 2012. A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes) Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine ISSN 1175-5326 Zootaxa 3205: 26–40.