Starlings (Sturnidae)
Rüppell's Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera) - HBW 14, p. 746
French: Choucador de Rüppell
German: Schweifglanzstar
Spanish: Estornino de Rüppell
Other common names: Rüppell's Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Taxonomy: Lamprotornis purpuroptera Rüppell, 1845, Shoa district, south-western Ethiopia.
Forms a superspecies with L. caudatus and L. mevesii. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aeneocephalus Heuglin, 1863 - E & SE Sudan, NW Eritrea and W Ethiopia.
- purpuroptera Rüppell, 1845 - S Ethiopia, NE DRCongo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, W & S Kenya, SE Somalia, and NW & NE Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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comes to drink at puddle Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aenocephalus)
Martin Kennewell 5 November 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4.8 -
An adult feeding on the ground. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aenocephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 53 sec 4.7 -
A bird walking among vegetation Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp purpuropterus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 September 2006 5 years ago 19 sec 4.5 -
A bird bathing in a puddle. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aenocephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 26 sec 4.5 -
An adult and an immature drinking in a puddle. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aenocephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding on the ground and flying to a bush. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp aenocephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 7 years ago 26 sec 4
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An adult perched low in a tree.
Locality Hawassa, Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (ssp aeneocephalus)
David Beadle 1 February 2009 17 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird perched on the bushes near the lake
Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 15 February 2011 36 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult perched on the banks of Lake Mburo
Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Lee Hunter 13 August 2012 13 weeks ago 3.8 -
a bird perched on a stone
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 27 June 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
A bird foraging on the ground
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (ssp purpuroptera)
Gustavo A. Rodríguez 25 July 2005 6 weeks ago 3.7 -
Male bird sitting in Moringa tree looking for insects.
Locality Bentiu, Rubkona County, Unity State, South Sudan
Francois Jarvel 28 November 2011 1 year ago 3.7
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A bird singing. Locality Paraa Safari Lodge, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
(ssp purpuroptera)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2006 19 weeks ago 4
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