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Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Lamprotornis

Rüppell's Starling

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ruegls1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Lamprotornis

Subspecies (2)

Lamprotornis purpuroptera aeneocephalus

southeastern Sudan, South Sudan, northwestern Eritrea, and western Ethiopia
Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera

central and southern Ethiopia, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, southern Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, and northern and western Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ruegls1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.