Starlings (Sturnidae)
Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus) - HBW 14, p. 751
French: Choucador à queue violette
German: Erzglanzstar
Spanish: Estornino Colibronceado
Taxonomy: Lamprotornis chalcura Nordmann, 1835, Senegal.
Populations from N Cameroon E to W Kenya often separated as race emini (described from Uganda), supposedly somewhat more violet on rump and slightly longer-tailed than those in W of range; variation, however, appears to be clinal, and further study required. Treated as monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia, N Guinea-Bissau, S Mali, N Guinea, N Ivory Coast and S Burkina Faso E (mainly in savanna belt) to S Chad, Central African Republic, SW Sudan, Uganda and W Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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two birds perched in tree top Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (ssp chalcurus)
Martin Kennewell 16 March 2009 2 years ago 14 sec 2 -
small group in tree top Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (ssp chalcurus)
Martin Kennewell 16 March 2009 2 years ago 26 sec 1.7
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In a open field on the entrance road of the park
Locality Niokolo-Koba National Park, Casamance, Senegal
auf 2 February 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
on a open field by the entrance road of the park
Locality Niokolo-Koba National Park, Casamance, Senegal
auf 2 February 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Taken as a Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus) but the slender bill, the violet undertail, the red iri
Locality Saly, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp chalcurus)
Alain Fossé 18 February 2004 2 years ago 3.2
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