{"id":33481,"date":"2021-08-25T14:29:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=33481"},"modified":"2021-08-31T16:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T21:42:03","slug":"lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-african-lovebirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-african-lovebirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: African Lovebirds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33484\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33484 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110437-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110437-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110437-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110437-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110437.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flock of wild lovebirds in Africa. Photo by Sascha D\u00fcker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Little parrots are important too, so we\u2019re headed back to Africa to see how <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/lovebird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lovebirds<\/a> are doing in their native habitat. These colorful little birds are aptly named for their strong, lifelong pair bonding. There are nine species in the lovebird genus, eight are native to continental Africa, and one to Madagascar. They live in small flocks and eat fruit, vegetables, grasses, and seeds. While fairly common in captivity, we have limited knowledge of their behavior and ecology in the wild.<\/p>\n<h3>Assessing Lovebird Populations<\/h3>\n<p>Between human expansion and natural disasters, some lovebird species are losing their corridors of movement. This greatly diminishes important opportunities for the diversity and overall health of the species. Dr. Tiwonge Gawa, Lovebird Research Officer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parrots.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Parrot Trust<\/a> (WPT), led the first wide-range study of several lovebird species in South Africa, Zambia, and Malawi. This research may be critical to their survival, because the survey revealed that population distribution is much smaller than expected. This, paired with their known ability to hybridize freely in captivity, may have severe consequences for certain individual species.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33482\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33482 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1110545-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"lovebird\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1110545-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1110545-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1110545-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1110545.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Sascha D\u00fcker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lilian lovebirds were found to be most at risk since they depend on the large \u201ccathedral\u201d Mopane trees for roosting and nesting. These trees take years to grow but are being rapidly harvested for logging and charcoal production. A new WPT project is underway to deploy artificial nest boxes to see if these lovebirds might adapt to an alternative in the most affected areas. Lilian lovebirds are hard to breed in captivity, so it is especially important that we protect the species in the wild. This will be the first time that artificial nest boxes have been tried for wild lovebirds, an exciting new project!<\/p>\n<p>Another critical project underway addresses the loss of entire flocks in Malawi where locals poison waterholes for bushmeat near the Liwonde National Park. WPT is working with the most affected communities to support education and long-lasting meaningful change to this destructive and deadly practice.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33483\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33483 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110291-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110291-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110291-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110291-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110291.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sascha D\u00fcker checks on a nest box. Photo by Dr. Tiwonge Gawa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lafeber\u2019s $500 GLOBAL PARROT conservation grant this month goes to the World Parrot Trust and the efforts led by Dr. Gawa and Mr. Sascha D\u00fceker, WPT Lovebird Conservation Coordinator. This donation will help build and deploy first-time nest boxes for the Lilian lovebirds and support further educational efforts to prevent waterhole poisoning near the Liwonde National Park. You can also help! To make a tax-deductible donation, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parrots.org\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donation section<\/a> of the World Parrot Trust website. Earmark your donation specifically for African lovebird conservation and research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lafeber\u2019s latest Conservation Spotlight takes us to Africa, where conservationists are surveying the population distribution of lovebirds, as well as helping their numbers grow with the help of nest boxes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9047,"featured_media":33484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,207,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday","category-product-news","category-new"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: African Lovebirds &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lafeber\u2019s latest Conservation Spotlight takes us to Africa, where conservationists are surveying the population distribution of lovebirds, as well as helping their numbers grow with the help of nest boxes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-african-lovebirds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: African Lovebirds &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lafeber\u2019s latest Conservation Spotlight takes us to Africa, where conservationists are surveying the population distribution of lovebirds, as well as helping their numbers grow with the help of nest boxes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-african-lovebirds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lafeber\u00ae Pet Birds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-25T19:29:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-31T21:42:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P1110437.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ann Brooks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ann Brooks\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-african-lovebirds\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-african-lovebirds\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ann Brooks\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1fad6c0514917932c67ea6aebe710035\"},\"headline\":\"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: African Lovebirds\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-25T19:29:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-31T21:42:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-african-lovebirds\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":478,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-african-lovebirds\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/P1110437.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Everyday\",\"Lafeber Co. 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She loves to promote parrot care information that helps birds to thrive, and works with other Phoenix Landing volunteers to make good adoption matches. Her passion is nutrition and she wrote the \u201cNourish to Flourish\u201d cookbook. She is a huge fan of the quality products offered by Lafeber. Ann also organizes an annual Phoenix Landing eco-tour to support wild parrot conservation and research. That interest led to this Lafeber series, called \u201cThe Global Parrot.\u201d She hopes others will also support the many dedicated scientists who are working so hard to preserve the parrots species we love and value so much. Ann has lived with birds for over 35 years. Phoenix, her greenwing macaw, is the inspiration behind Phoenix Landing. Most birds need a succession of good homes, through no fault of their own. She realized that Phoenix should outlive her, and wanted to make sure there was a reliable adoption apparatus in place to ensure that Phoenix has a place to \u201cland.\u201d So she retired from her senior federal position to volunteer full-time with Phoenix Landing, which turned 25 years old in April 2025. By 2025, Phoenix Landing had rehomed more than 3,500 birds. Some of these have even required more than one home because people\u2019s lives often change. Adoption is a positive, not a negative, way to acquire a deserving bird. Phoenix Landing believes that parrots need to be protected across their long lives and probable multiple homes. Ann believes that adoption is inevitable and organizations that provide life-long protection for individual birds is essential. 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