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FWC Home: Wildlife & Habitats :  Nonnative Wildlife : Masked Lovebird - Agapornis personata :

Masked Lovebird - Agapornis personata

First year: 1986

Extirpated year:

Established status: Species are present but not confirmed to be breeding. Population persists only with repeated introductions and/or escapes of individuals.

Estimated Florida range: 2 counties  Not reported breeding

Statewide trend: Unknown status

Threats to natives:  Members of the parrot family carry Newcastle disease, identified in 1971, which can infect native songbirds, game birds, domestic chickens and turkeys, and other exotic bird species. The native bird species can be infected by smuggled exotic birds and birds not properly quarantined that are released into the wild. This species also breeds in cavities which might limit the number available to native cavity nesters.

Species Account: Native to Tanzania. The sightings in Florida are escaped caged birds.

Habitats: Central or core urban area.

County First Year Extirpated YearBreeding statusNotes
Dade1986 Not reported breeding 
Pinellas2000 Not reported breeding1 at a Monk Parakeet nest (Pranty 2000b)

References

Pranty, B. 2000b. Field observations [spring report: March to May 2000]. Florida Field Naturalist 28:204-215.

Robertson, W. B., and G. E. Woolfenden. 1992. Florida bird species: an annotated list. Florida Ornithological Society, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Stevenson, H. M., and B. H. Anderson. 1994. The birdlife of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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