Lesser blue-eared starling
| Lesser blue-eared starling | |
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| L. c. chloropterus in Senegal | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. chloropterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lamprotornis chloropterus Swainson, 1838
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| Ranges of northern and southern race L. c. chloropterus L. c. elisabeth | |
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, Malaysia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References[edit]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Lamprotornis chloropterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T106005777A111181748. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T106005777A111181748.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links[edit]
- Lesser blue-eared glossy-starling - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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