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Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Lamprotornis

White-crowned Starling

Lamprotornis albicapillus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whcsta3) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Lamprotornis

Subspecies (2)

Lamprotornis albicapillus albicapillus

Ethiopia and Somalia to Djibouti and far northeastern Kenya
Lamprotornis albicapillus horrensis

Kenya (northern edge of Dida Galgulu Desert northward to Ethiopian border)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whcsta3) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.