Purple Starling
Lamprotornis purpureus - Choucador pourpré
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Sturnidés
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Genus:
Lamprotornis
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Species:
purpureus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 27 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 91 à 140 g
Geographic range
Identification
Purple Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus) is a species of bird in the Sturnidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Lamprotornis purpureus purpureus (Senegal and Gambia to Nigeria)
- Lamprotornis purpureus amethystinus (Cameroon to s Sudan and w Kenya)
Foreign names
- Choucador pourpré,
- Estornino purpúreo,
- estorninho-metálico-de-cauda-curta,
- Purpurglanzstar,
- ibolyás fényseregély,
- Purperglansspreeuw,
- Storno splendente purpureo,
- purpurglansstare,
- Purpurglansstær,
- liskavec purpurový,
- leskoptev fialová,
- Purpurglansstær,
- viikunakottarainen,
- estornell metàl·lic,
- błyszczak purpurowy,
- Пурпурный блестящий скворец,
- ムラサキテリムクドリ,
- 紫辉椋鸟,
- 紫色輝椋鳥,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas
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
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Vol. 12 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-David Christie
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- 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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