Lesser blue-eared starling

Lesser blue-eared starling
L. c. chloropterus in Senegal
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Lamprotornis
Species:	L. chloropterus
Binomial name
Lamprotornis chloropterus Swainson, 1838
Ranges of northern and southern race      L. c. chloropterus      L. c. elisabeth

An immature bird in Ghana, moulting into adult plumage

The lesser blue-eared starling or lesser blue-eared glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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External links[]

• Lesser blue-eared glossy-starling - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds

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