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Agapornis (lovebird)
Taxonomy
Agapornis was named by Selby (1836). It is extant.
It was assigned to Agapornithinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Psittaculidae by Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Agapornithinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Psittaculidae by Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1836 | Agapornis Selby |
| 2014 | Agapornis del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Agapornis Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Agapornis Selby 1836 [lovebird]
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Agapornis pullarius Linnaeus 1758 [red-headed lovebird]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Agapornis sp. (22333) |