Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus - Choucador à oreillons bleus
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Sturnidés
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Genus:
Lamprotornis
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Species:
chalybaeus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 24 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 61 à 112 g
Geographic range
Identification
Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) is a species of bird in the Sturnidae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Lamprotornis chalybaeus chalybaeus (Senegal and Gambia to c Sudan)
- Lamprotornis chalybaeus cyaniventris (Eritrea to nw Somalia, n Kenya and e DRCongo)
- Lamprotornis chalybaeus sycobius (sw Uganda and s Kenya to w Mozambique)
- Lamprotornis chalybaeus nordmanni (s Angola and n Namibia to s Mozambique and n South Africa)
Foreign names
- Choucador à oreillons bleus,
- Estornino orejiazul,
- estorninho-grande-de-orelha-azul,
- Grünschwanz-Glanzstar,
- zöldfarkú fényseregély,
- Groenstaartglansspreeuw,
- Storno splendente guanceblu maggiore,
- blåkindad glansstare,
- Blåøreglansstær,
- liskavec kovový,
- leskoptev kovová,
- Blåøret Glansstær,
- kyläloistokottarainen,
- Grootblouoorglansspreeu,
- estornell d'orelles blaves,
- błyszczak stalowy,
- Стальной блестящий скворец,
- セイキムクドリ,
- 蓝耳丽椋鸟,
- 大藍耳輝椋鳥,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Starlings and Mynas, FEARE Chris
- Handbook of the birds of the world Vol.14, josep del Hoyo
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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