Starlings (Sturnidae)
Golden-breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius) - HBW 14, p. 747
French: Choucador royal
German: Königsglanzstar
Spanish: Estornino Pechidorado
Other common names: Regal Starling
Taxonomy: Cosmopsarus regius Reichenow, 1879, Massa, Tana River, Kenya.
This species and L. unicolor sometimes placed in a separate genus, Cosmopsarus. Proposed race magnificus (described from Tsavo, in S Kenya) appears inseparable from birds in rest of species' range. Monotypic.
Distribution: S & E Ethiopia, Somalia, E Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds perched together and flying away. Locality Imi, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 6 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A bird standing, looking around Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 3 years ago 33 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree. Locality Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 December 2005 5 years ago 16 sec 3.8 -
A bird preening and shaking its plumage Locality Central Park Zoo, Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 July 2005 5 years ago 21 sec 3.7 -
Several birds perched in the same tree Locality Imi, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 6 years ago 37 sec 3.3 -
A bird in a tree Locality Melka Guba, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 5 years ago 13 sec 2.9
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Adult perching in dry forest; ca. 45 road km south of Dola-Mena.
Locality Dola Mena, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 16 July 2009 16 weeks ago 3.8 -
Adult bird perched on a branch.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 6 October 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
A perched bird.
Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 18 July 2009 2 years ago 3.3 -
Golden-Breasted Starling waiting for feeding
Locality Singapore
William IP 13 February 2009 1 year ago 3.3 -
part of a flock of 6
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 5 February 2012 13 weeks ago 3.1 -
A bird walking on the groud
Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Robert Wynands 22 December 2002 2 years ago 2.3
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An adult giving calls Locality Zug Voliere, Zug Canton, Switzerland
(Monotypic species)
Michael C 1 January 2008 2 years ago 3 -
Song or subsong of a male Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 7 February 2010 2 years ago 2.5
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