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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
15/05/2024 01:08:41 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Rueppell's Glossy-Starling*
Id (Atlas):
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Description (10 )
Rueppell's Glossy-Starling
© flickr.com
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 XC45101
R\u00fcppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera ) [XC45101 ]
by David C. Moyer from Wabe Shabelle Hotel, Langano, Ethiopia (call, song)
Listen to XC616594
R\u00fcppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera ) [XC616594 ]
by Peter Boesman from Bariadi, Shinyanga Region, Tanzania (call)
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 Rueppells Glossy-Starling see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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