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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Iris Glossy-Starling* |
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Lamprotornis iris |
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Description (10)
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Iris Glossy-Starling
© nejohnston.org
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Other Names (World)
Emerald Starling, Emerald Glossy-Starling, Iris Glossy-Starling
Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)
Size
20 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Oustalet, 1879)
Habitat
Orchard bush and wooded and open savanna. Avoids forests but is occasionally found at the edge of gallery forest.
Côte dIvoire (B), Guinea (B), Sierra Leone (B).
Vagrant to Mali.
Guinea, northern Sierra Leone and central Ivory Coast.
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and increasing.
Status LC
Trading is the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Fruit, and, less frequently, on insects, particularly ants, foraging in bare ground in areas that have been burnt.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files
Emerald Starling (Lamprotornis iris) [XC24969]
by id from near Bumbani, Sierra Leone (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Iris Glossy-Starling see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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