Purple Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

Vagrant to Mauritania.

Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, southern Mali and northern Guinea eastern (mainly in savanna belt) to southern Chad, northern Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda and western Kenya.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Purple Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus) [XC719228]
by id from Tono Dam, Upper East, Ghana (call)

Purple Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus) [XC608909]
by Sun Madakan from Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria (call, song)

Subspecies
Populations from Cameroon east to western Kenya often separated as subspecies amethystinus (described from southern Sudan), supposedly somewhat bluer above and slightly longer-tailed than those in west of range. Further study is required.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

purpureus (M�ller, 1776) - Western, central.
amethystinus (Heuglin, 1863) - Cameroon to western Kenya.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Purple Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus) - 10 files

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