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 LC    White-crowned Starling* Id (Atlas):
    Lamprotornis albicapillus

Description (10)
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Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1856)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia.

Southern Ethiopia, northern Kenya and northern and western Somalia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

 
White-crowned Starling (Lamprotornis albicapillus) [XC307054]
     by id from Liben plains, Oromia, Ethiopia (call)

 
White-crowned Starling (Lamprotornis albicapillus) [XC300365]
     by Andrew Spencer from Liben plain, Ethiopia (call)

Subspecies
Smaller birds from northern Kenya and adjacent southern Ethiopia described as subspecies horrensis and possibly merits recognition, but further study required.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • albicapillus (Blyth, 1856)   -  Eastern.
  • horrensis (Keith, 1964)   -  Kenya (northern edge of Dida Galgulu Desert north to Ethiopian border).



References
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Files:
JPG files for White-crowned Starling (Lamprotornis albicapillus) - 10 files


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