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 LC    Shelley's Starling* Id (Atlas):
    Lamprotornis shelleyi

Description (10)
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Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1890)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of].

Breeds southern Ethiopia and north-western Somalia, probably also south-eastern Sudan and northern Kenya. Non-breeding eastern Kenya and southern Somalia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Shelley's Starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) [XC209999]
     by Peter Boesman from Negele - Filtu Road, 32 km east of Negele, Ethiopia (song)

 
Shelley's Starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) [XC294379]
     by Peter Boesman from Bale, Oromia, Ethiopia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with and formerly considered conspecific with Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) and both have sometimes been combined in a superspecies with Chestnut-bellied Starling (Lamprotornis pulcher).


References
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Files:
JPG files for Shelleys Starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) - 10 files


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