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Black-cheeked Lovebird

Agapornis nigrigenis Sclater, WL 1906

The black-cheeked lovebird is a small parrot species of the lovebird genus. It is mainly green and has a brown head, red beak, and white eyerings. It is endemic to a relatively small range in southwest Zambia, where it is vulnerable to habitat loss. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittaculidae
Genus:
   Agapornis
Scientific:
  Agapornis nigrigenis

Original description

Citation:
  Sclater, WL 1906

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 16 p.61

Protonym:
  Agapornis nigrigenis

Type locality:
  Muguzzi River, Northern Rhodesia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100946#page/87/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  DAB4D2A20BC18729

Avibase ID:
  avibase-DAB4D2A2

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/DAB4D2A2

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554887


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Agapornis nigrigenis: S Zambia and extreme n Zimbabwe
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black-cheeked Lovebird
Catalan:
Inseparable de galtes negres
Czech:
agapornis hnědohlavý
Danish:
Sortkindet Dværgpapegøje
German:
Rußköpfchen
Spanish:
Inseparable Cachetón
Spanish (Spain):
Inseparable Cachetón
Finnish:
jokikaijanen
French:
Inséparable à joues noires
Croatian:
crnolica papigica
Hungarian:
kormosfejű törpepapagáj
Italian:
Inseparabile guancenere
Japanese (romaji):
kurobotan'inko
Japanese:
クロボタンインコ
Lithuanian:
Juodaskruostis agapornis
Dutch:
Zwartwangagapornis
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartkinna dvergpapegøye
Norwegian:
Svartkinnet Dvergpapegøye
Polish:
nierozłączka czarnolica
Portuguese:
Inseparável-de-faces-pretas
Portuguese (Portugal):
inseparável-de-faces-pretas
Russian:
Чернощёкий неразлучник
Slovak:
agapornis čiernolíci
Serbian:
Garavoglavi agapornis
Swedish:
svartkindad dvärgpapegoja
Ukrainian:
Нерозлучник чорнощокий
Chinese:
黑脸牡丹鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional):
黑臉情侶鸚鵡

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Inséparable à joues noires ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Inséparable à joues noires ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Clements 1st edition:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Agapornis nigrigenis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Agapornis nigrigenis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Agapornis nigrigenis
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Black-cheeked Lovebird ( Agapornis nigrigenis)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Agapornis nigrigenis
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Agapornis nigrigenis

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Swartwangparkiet
Bulgarian: Кафявоглава неразделка
Catalan: Agapornis de galtes negres, Inseparable de galtes negres
Czech: agapornis hnědohlavý, Papoušík hnedohlavý
Danish: Sortkindet Dværgpapegøje
German: Erdbeerköpfchen, Rußköpfchen
English: Black cheeked Lovebird, Blackcheeked Lovebird, Black-cheeked Lovebird, Black-faced Lovebird
English, HBW: Black-cheeked Lovebird
English (IOC): Black-cheeked Lovebird
English (United States): Black-cheeked Lovebird
Spanish: Inseparable Cachetón, Inseparable de Cara Negra
Spanish (Spain): Inseparable Cachetón
Spanish (HBW): Black-cheeked Lovebird
Estonian: mustpõsk-lembelind, mustpõsk-lembelind (mustpõsk-lembepapagoi), mustpõsk-lembepapagoi
Finnish: Jokikaijanen
French: Inséparable à joues noires
Croatian: crnolica papigica
Hungarian: kormosfejű törpepapagáj
Italian: Inseparabile guancenere
Japanese (romaji): kurobotaninko, kurobotan'inko
Japanese: クロボタンインコ
Kwangali: Poro
Scientific: Agapornis lilianae nigrigenis, Agapornis nigrigenis
Lithuanian: Juodaskruostis agapornis
Dutch: Zwartwangagapornis
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartkinna dvergpapegøye
Norwegian: Svartkinnet dvergpapegøye
Polish: nierozlaczka czarnolica, nierozłączka czarnolica
Portuguese: Inseparável-de-faces-pretas
Portuguese (Portugal): inseparável-de-faces-pretas
Russian: Чернощёкий неразлучник
Slovak: agapornis ciernolíci, agapornis čiernolíci
Serbian: Garavoglavi agapornis
Swedish: Svartkindad dvärgpapegoja
Turkish: Kara yanaklı cennet papağanı
Ukrainian: Нерозлучник чорнощокий
Chinese: 黑脸牡丹鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 黑臉情侶鸚鵡

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