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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Near Threatened	A2bd
2018	Near Threatened	A2bd
2016	Near Threatened	A2bd
2012	Near Threatened	A2bd
2008	Near Threatened	A2b,d
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	206,000 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	51,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	medium	estimated	1995
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	20-29%	-	-	-
Generation length	5.1 years	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The population has been estimated at 290,000-1,002,000 individuals.

Trend justification: There has been a major population decline since the 1970s owing principally to widespread trapping for the wild bird trade. Due to the bird trade, the rate of decline over three generations is suspected to fall in the 20-29% band. Hybridisation may prove to be of concern.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Burundi	extant	introduced	yes
France	presence uncertain	introduced	yes
Kenya	extant	introduced	yes
Rwanda	extant	introduced	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	uncertain

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Tanzania	Arusha National Park and vicinity
Tanzania	Lake Balangida Lelu
Tanzania	Lake Eyasi
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Lake Natron and Engaruka basin
Tanzania	Longido Game Controlled Area
Tanzania	Makao Wildlife Management Area
Tanzania	Maswa Game Reserve
Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania	Serengeti National Park
Tanzania	Tarangire National Park
Tanzania	Wembere steppe
Tanzania	Yaida Chini

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude	1100 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Past, Likely to Return		Whole (>90%)		Rapid Declines		Past Impact
		Stresses Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Problematic native species/diseases	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Hybridisation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/fischers-lovebird-agapornis-fischeri on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.