Bronze-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus)

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.

Senegambia, northern Guinea-Bissau, southern Mali, northern Guinea, northern Ivory Coast and southern Burkina Faso eastern (mainly in savanna belt) to southern Chad, Central African Republic, south-western 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 (5)...)

Bronze-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus) [XC396462]
by Peter Boesman from Sandicoly (est), Fatick, Senegal (call)

Bronze-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus) [XC425352]
by id from Bumarr, Kiang Central, Lower River, Gambia (call)

Subspecies
Populations from northern Cameroon east to western Kenya often separated as subspecies emini (described from Uganda), supposedly somewhat more violet on rump and slightly longer-tailed than those in west of range. However, variation appears to be clinal, and further study required.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

chalcurus Nordmann, 1835 - Western, central, esst-central.
emini (Neumann, 1920) - Eastern Cameroon to south-western Sudan, South Sudan, extreme north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, and extreme western Kenya.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bronze-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus) - 10 files

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