Splendid starling
| Splendid starling | |
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| At Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. splendidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamprotornis splendidus (Vieillot, 1822) | |
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| native range in green | |
The splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus), also known as the splendid glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Range
[edit]It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia[citation needed] — and is introduced in Belgium.[2]
Gallery
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A pair in Cameroon
Eggs of L. splendidus – MHNT
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References
[edit]- ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Lamprotornis splendidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T22710716A132089823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710716A132089823.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ GBIF Splendid starling at Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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