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Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Lamprotornis

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (gbesta1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Lamprotornis

Subspecies (4)

Lamprotornis chalybaeus chalybaeus

Senegal to eastern Sudan
Lamprotornis chalybaeus cyaniventris

Eritrea and Ethiopia to western Kenya and eastern Uganda
Lamprotornis chalybaeus nordmanni

southern Angola to Zimbabwe, southern Zambia, Botswana, and South Africa
Lamprotornis chalybaeus sycobius

southwestern Uganda to southeastern Kenya, Tanzania, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mozambique

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (gbesta1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.