Starlings (Sturnidae)
Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) - HBW 14, p. 748
French: Choucador superbe
German: Dreifarben-Glanzstar
Spanish: Estornino Soberbio
Taxonomy: Lamprocolius superbus Rüppell, 1845, Shoa, Ethiopia.
Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Sudan, NE Uganda, S, C & E Ethiopia, Somalia (except NE) and Kenya S to C Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A juvenile and then several adults drinking in a puddle. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 6 years ago 37 sec 4.8 -
An adult, and then several, drinking in a puddle. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 6 years ago 45 sec 4.7 -
three drinking and bathing at puddle Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 5 November 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 4.3 -
An adult on a broken branch, singing Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2000 9 years ago 27 sec 4.2 -
An adult in a tree, singing Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2000 10 years ago 21 sec 4.1 -
A group drinking in a puddle. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 6 years ago 43 sec 4.1
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a very confident specimen near our camp
Locality Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Marco Valentini 10 August 2005 22 weeks ago 4.6 -
a sportmen from a flock of Lamprotornis superbus (Muhteşem Sığırcık) in university campus
Locality Sharjah University City, Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates
ahmet karataş 24 January 2012 16 weeks ago 4.4 -
An adult bird, got during the lunch stop
Locality Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
raniero massoli-novelli 1 November 2000 1 year ago 4.3 -
Taken at the Rest/Registration area at the Southern Entrance to Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Locality Tanzania
RBFresno 12 April 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
A close-up.
Locality Abijatta-Shalla National Park, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 1 November 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Superb Starling on a camping place
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Hans-Juergen Kuehnel 29 December 2011 11 weeks ago 4
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Song of an individual Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Stuart Fisher 3 years ago 4 -
Calls of a small group Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Stuart Fisher 3 years ago 3 -
starling calling Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
Jonathan Beilby 1 April 2009 2 years ago 2
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