Loud and constant chirpers, these birds are very social animals and often congregate in small groups in the wild.

Its range extends from southwest Angola across most of Namibia to the lower Orange River valley in northwest South Africa.

It lives up to 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) above sea level in broad-leaved woodland, semi-desert, and mountainous areas.

Escapes from captivity are frequent in many parts of the world and feral birds dwell in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, and New York City where they live in a variety of habitats, both urban and rural.

[5] Temperatures in Arizona regularly exceed 40 °C (104 °F) and feral lovebirds have been observed perching in large numbers on air-conditioner vents in order to remain cool.

[6] Feral rosy-faced lovebird colonies can also be found on Maui and the Big Island in Hawaii.

However, numbers may have increased in other areas due to human creation of new water sources and the building of artificial structures which provide new nesting sites.

[4] Rosy-faced lovebirds are one of the more common parrots kept in captivity, because of their small size and ease of care and breeding.

While this seems fairly straightforward, it can quickly become confusing when a single specimen has multiple examples of these mutational traits.