Splendid starling
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| Splendid starling | |
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| File:Splendid Glossy Starling-Kakum N.P.-Ghana, Original by Francesco Veronesi, Dec. 07, 2014.jpg | |
| At Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. splendidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lamprotornis splendidus (Vieillot, 1822)
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| File:Verbreitungsgebiet Prachtglanzstar (Lamprotornis splendidus).png | |
| native range in green | |
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The splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus), also known as the splendid glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Range
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
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Eggs of L. splendidus – MHNT
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References
- ↑ 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
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