The Black-cheeked Lovebird (Agapornis nigrigenis) is found in southern Zambia and, formerly, extreme northern Zimbabwe at Victoria Falls. The Black-cheeked Lovebird is sometimes treated as conspecific with the Nyasa Lovebird (A. lilianae, from which it is separated by 100 to 150  km of unsuitable habitat) and occasionally even with the Fischer's and Yellow-collared Lovebirds (A. fischeri and A. personatus).This species is found in specific types of medium-altitude deciduous woodlands, usually close to a reliable water source for daily drinking. Due in part to its extremely restricted range (perhaps only 6000 square km), this species is considered to be endangered.

(Collar 1997 and references therein; Juniper and Parr 1998 and references therein)