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Splendid starling

Splendid starling
At Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Lamprotornis
Species:
L. splendidus
Binomial name
Lamprotornis splendidus
(Vieillot, 1822)
native range in green

The splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus), also known as the splendid glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

Range

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia[citation needed] — and is introduced in Belgium.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Lamprotornis splendidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710716A132089823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710716A132089823.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ GBIF Splendid starling


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