Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus)

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1822)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and moist forest, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, S�o Tom� e Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia.

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 (75)...)

Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus) [XC608591]
by Joost van Bruggen from Masindi Hotel, Masindi, Western Region, Uganda (dawn song, , vehicles, voices)

Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis) [XC486782]
by Paulina Meller from Coagri, Quinh\u00e1mel, Biombo, Guinea-Bissau (call)

Subspecies
Subspecies bailundensis intergrades with nominate in northern Angola (Malanje).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

chrysonotis Swainson, 1837 - From Senegal eastern along coast to southern Togo.
splendidus (Vieillot, 1822) - Southern Benin, Nigeria, Pr��ncipe I (in Gulf of Guinea) and central and southern Cameroon east to southern Sudan and western Ethiopia, south to PRCongo, northern Angola, central DRCongo, Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and north-western Tanzania.
lessoni (Pucheran, 1858) - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
bailundensis (Neumann, 1920) - Northern and eastern Angola, southern DRCongo and Zambia.

References
See References.

Files:

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