Starlings (Sturnidae)
Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) - HBW 14, p. 752
French: Choucador à oreillons bleus
German: Grünschwanz-Glanzstar
Spanish: Estornino Orejiazul
Other common names: (Greater) Blue-eared/Green Glossy Starling
Taxonomy: Lamprotornis chalybaeus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1828, Ambukol, Dongla district, Sudan.
Race nordmanni sometimes treated as a synonym of sycobius. Proposed race hartlaubi (described from Senegal), formerly used for N populations (E to Sudan), is regarded as synonymous with nominate. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chalybaeus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828 - S Mauritania, Senegambia, S Mali, Burkina Faso, S Niger and N Nigeria E to C Sudan; dry-season visitor to N Ivory Coast, Togo and Benin.
- cyaniventris Blyth, 1855 - Eritrea, Ethiopia, NW Somalia, N Uganda, E DRCongo and N Kenya.
- sycobius ( Hartlaub, 1859) - SW Uganda, S Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, SE DRCongo, N & E Zambia, Malawi and W Mozambique.
- nordmanni ( E. J. O. Hartert & Neumann, 1914) - S Angola and N Namibia E to N & E Botswana, S Zambia, Zimbabwe, NE South Africa and S Mozambique.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on the ground. Locality Imi, Ethiopia (ssp cyaniventris)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 6 years ago 20 sec 4.8 -
frontal view Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 2 years ago 28 sec 4.7 -
bird looking around Locality Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp chalybaeus)
Daniêl Jimenez 3 January 2012 15 weeks ago 16 sec 4.6 -
Several birds in a kitchen Locality Konso, Ethiopia (ssp cyaniventris)
Josep del Hoyo 13 December 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
A bird on the ground, feeding. Locality Genale Valley, Ethiopia (ssp cyaniventris)
Josep del Hoyo 9 December 2005 5 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched on a stick. Locality Imi, Ethiopia (ssp cyaniventris)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 6 years ago 42 sec 4.2
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Close up of the head (Skukuza restcamp)
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 21 August 2011 26 weeks ago 4.6 -
perching among braches of Acacia seyal
Locality Waza National Park, Far North Province, Cameroon (ssp chalybaeus)
Marco Valentini 5 January 2011 27 weeks ago 4.5 -
Perching on Acacia seyal and singing
Locality Waza National Park, Far North Province, Cameroon (ssp chalybaeus)
Marco Valentini 5 January 2011 27 weeks ago 4 -
Perching on Acacia seyal
Locality Waza National Park, Far North Province, Cameroon
Marco Valentini 5 January 2011 27 weeks ago 4 -
A bird standing on pavement.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ken Havard 10 October 2007 1 year ago 4 -
Bird feeding on fruit on the ground
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Chris and Megan Perkins 23 March 2009 3 years ago 4
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