The lovebird’s coloration is striking, with green plumage, a rosy-peach face and a bright blue rump. In captivity, the bird is affectionate, playful, intelligent and easy to care for.

Troy Corman discusses the expansion of the rosy-faced lovebird in Phoenix. Troy Corman, Avian Monitoring Coordinator with Arizona Game and Fish, discusses the expansion of the rosy-faced lovebird ...

Those are feral rosy-faced lovebirds. Metro Phoenix is home to roughly 2,000 of them, although they're originally from Africa. A wild lovebird population started growing here in the mid-1980s.

Tartufo, the rosy-faced lovebird, has more limbs than you think. He’s got two wings, which, of course, he uses to fly. He’s got two legs, which he uses to grab branches and hop around the canopy.

Rosy-faced lovebirds (also called peach-faced lovebirds) can be found in Arizona, which is outside their native range, after some escaped a captive facility in the 1990s. Charles J. Sharp via ...

Rosy-faced lovebirds are charismatic, petite parrots. They also aren’t afraid to use their heads — literally — to get around an awkward situation.