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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
24/05/2024 07:26:07 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Ruppell's Starling*
Id (Atlas):
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Description (10 )
Ruppell's Starling
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Other Scientific Names
Lamprotornis purpuropterus [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)], Lamprotornis purpuropterus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]
Other Names (World)
Ruppell's Starling, Rueppell's Glossy-Starling, Ruppell's Glossy Starling, Rueppell's Long-tailed Glossy-Starling
Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)
Size
35 cm
First Described (Guide )
Rüppell, 1845
Habitat
Dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,800 m.
Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (60)... )
Listen to XC210336
R\u00fcppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera ) [XC210336 ]
by Andrew Spencer from Gambela, trail from the Metu road to the Baro River, Ethiopia (song)
Listen to XC210337
R\u00fcppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera ) [XC210337 ]
by Martin St-Michel from Awash National Park, Ethiopia (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Long-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus ) and Meves's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis mevesii ).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
aeneocephalus Heuglin, 1863 - Eastern and south-eastern Sudan, north-western Eritrea and western Ethiopia.
purpuroptera Rüppell, 1845 - Southern Ethiopia, north-eastern DRCongo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western and southern Kenya, south-eastern Somalia, and north-western and north-eastern Tanzania.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Ruppells Starling see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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