Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Starlings :: Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling

Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Described by: Ehrenberg (1828)
Alternate common name(s): Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling, Blue-eared Glossy-starling
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Saly, Senegal - Feb 16, 2004 © Alain Fossé  Saly, Senegal - Feb 15, 2004 © Alain Fossé  Kruger National Park, South Africa - 1999 © Kees Bakker  Akagera National Park, Rwanda - Feb 28, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  Akagera National Park, Rwanda - Feb 28, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste 
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Range

(1) S. Mauritania, Senegambia, s. Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, n. Somalia and Kenya.
(2) Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, w. Kenya, and e. Zaire.
(3) Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and s. Mozambique.
(4) Sw. Angola, Zambia, ne. Namibia, n. and e. Botswana, and South Africa (Transvaal).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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