Starlings (Sturnidae)
Shelley's Starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) - HBW 14, p. 745
French: Choucador de Shelley
German: Shelleyglanzstar
Spanish: Estornino de Shelley
Taxonomy: Spreo shelleyi Sharpe, 1890, Somalia.
May form a superspecies with and formerly considered conspecific with L. hildebrandti; both have sometimes been combined in a superspecies with L. pulcher. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds S Ethiopia and NW Somalia, probably also SE Sudan and N Kenya; non-breeding E Kenya and S Somalia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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adult perched on acacia Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 2 years ago 36 sec 4.8 -
adult perched, top right, on acacia with Superb Starlings Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 2 years ago 10 sec 4 -
Two birds in a bush and flying away Locality Turmi, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 14 December 2005 6 years ago 31 sec 3.9 -
A bird in a tree. Locality Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 December 2005 6 years ago 22 sec 3.3
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Perched on top of a small tree.
Locality Filtu, Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 29 January 2009 17 weeks ago 4 -
Adult perched.
Locality Dawa River, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 25 November 2012 21 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird perched in an acacia tree
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 20 February 2008 3 years ago 3.4 -
Shelley's Starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi)
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 9 January 2010 2 years ago 3 -
dorsal view
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 23 May 2009 3 years ago 3
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