KARAKTERISTIK DAN PERILAKU LOVEBIRD JANTAN SERTA BETINA SPESIES AGAPORNIS FISCHERI VARIAN HIJAU STANDAR
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this
research was identify the characteristics and behaviour of males and females
lovebird species Agapornis fischeri of standard green variant. The research has been conducted in February
till April 2015 in the lovebird breeding room’s on the Senopati street of
Jatimulyo village, Jati Agung, South Lampung.
The object being observed are five pairs of lovebird who have reached
sexual maturity (≥9 months). The males
and females of body weight obtained through scale digital after behaviour
observation and fasted it first. The
result were analyzed using chi-square method with level of 5% on the
characteristics and focal animal sampling method to behaviour observated via
video camera for six days in each cage object. Assessment of characteristics
lovebird observed are body shape, head shape, and tail feather shape while the
observation of behaviours were ingestive (eating, drinking, and cleaning beak),
idle behaviour (perching and resting), and sexual behaviour (approaching
females, delouse, flirting, and mating). The result of this research showed
difference nonsignificant (P>0.05) between of males and females lovebird on
the characteristics. The average
percentage of lovebird behaviours were drinking, cleaning up of beak, perching,
approached females, and delouse behaviour in males larger than females. Otherwise, the average percentage of lovebird
behaviours were eating, resting, and flirting behaviour in females larger than
males.
Penulis: Dina Sari Dewi,
Tintin Kurtini, Rr Riyanti
Kode Jurnal: jppeternakandd150211
