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 LC    Wattled Starling* Id (Atlas):
    Creatophora cinerea

Description (10)
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Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
19 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Meuschen, 1787)

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya (B) (NB), Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gambia, Nigeria, Seychelles, United Arab Emirates.

Introduced to Kuwait (E).

Eritrea, Ethiopia and north-western and southern Somalia south to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania, also from western and southern Angola and south-eastern DRCongo south to Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and throughout South Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

 
Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea) [XC300202]
     by Bernard BOUSQUET from Bilen Lodge area, Ethiopia (call)

 
Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea) [XC755827]
     by isaac kilusu from Near Keekorok, Mara, Narok County, Kenya (call, roosting calls)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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