Splendid Starling
Lamprotornis splendidus - Choucador splendide
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Sturnidés
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Genus:
Lamprotornis
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Species:
splendidus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 28 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 96 à 155 g
Geographic range
Identification
Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus) is a species of bird in the Sturnidae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Lamprotornis splendidus splendidus (Nigeria and s Cameroon to Ethiopia, w Kenya, nw Tanzania and n Angola)
- Lamprotornis splendidus chrysonotis (Senegal and Gambia to Togo)
- Lamprotornis splendidus lessoni (Bioko I.)
- Lamprotornis splendidus bailundensis (s Angola, se DRCongo and n Zambia)
Foreign names
- Choucador splendide,
- Estornino espléndido,
- estorninho-esplêndido,
- Prachtglanzstar,
- fehérszemű fényseregély,
- Prachtglansspreeuw,
- Storno splendente splendido,
- praktglansstare,
- Edelglansstær,
- liskavec nádherný,
- leskoptev skvostná,
- Pragtglansstær,
- samettisiipikottarainen,
- estornell esplèndid,
- błyszczak wspaniały,
- Великолепный блестящий скворец,
- セイキテリムク,
- 彩辉椋鸟,
- praktglansstare,
- 光彩輝椋鳥,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Savanna : Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
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EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Vol. 12 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-David Christie
- Starlings and Mynas, FEARE Chris
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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