Rüppell's Starling

Lamprotornis purpuroptera - Choucador de Rüppell

Choucador de Rüppell
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Sturnidés

  • Genus
    :

    Lamprotornis

  • Species
    :

    purpuroptera

Descriptor

Rüppell, 1845

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 35 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 78 à 92 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Choucador de Rüppell
adult plum. breeding
Choucador de Rüppell
adult

Rüppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera) is a species of bird in the Sturnidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera (s Sudan and s Ethiopia to w Tanzania)
  • Lamprotornis purpuroptera aeneocephalus (e Sudan, Eritrea and n Ethiopia)

Foreign names

  • Choucador de Rüppell,
  • Estornino de Rüppell,
  • estorninho-de-cabeça-preta,
  • Schweifglanzstar,
  • uszályos fényseregély,
  • Blauwe Langstaartglansspreeuw,
  • Storno splendente di Rüppell,
  • rüppellglansstare,
  • Fiolettglansstær,
  • liskavec fialový,
  • leskoptev proužkoocasá,
  • Blågrøn Glansstær,
  • pronssipääkottarainen,
  • estornell de Rüppell,
  • błyszczak purpurowosterny,
  • Блестящий скворец Рюппелля,
  • コオナガテリムク,
  • 卢氏丽椋鸟,
  • blågrön glansstare,
  • 小長尾輝椋鳥,

Voice song and call

Choucador de Rüppell
adult

Habitat

Choucador de Rüppell
adult

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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