Abyssinian Lovebirds a species that needs to be established

The world's avicultural situation is deteriorating. Birds are less and less available to aviculturists. A similar situation took place with Australian birds more than 20 years ago. As birds from various countries become harder and harder to obtain, aviculturists are seeing signs indicating all importation may soon cease forever. As existing bird stocks are depleted, prices for birds for aviary stocks rise. As prices for the dwindling numbers of available birds rise, aviculturists find incentives to breed avian species. One bird that has benefited from the current situation is the Abyssinian Lovebird,. Agapornis taranta. Danish Imports Over the past 20 years, at least 5, 000 Abyssinian Lovebirds have been exported from Ethiopia. Only about  one percent of those birds are alive today. I know of two shipments of Abyssinian Lovebirds that were imported into Denmark. Less than 5% of these birds were still alive within one year following arrival.