Lesser blue-eared starling

Lesser blue-eared starling
L. c. chloropterus in Senegal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.

During the non-breeding season, it forms roosts of 500-1200 individuals.[2]

It eats insects and grains.[3]

It is sometimes kept as a pet.[4]

An immature bird in Ghana, moulting into adult plumage

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Skoracki, Maciej; Patan, Milena; Unsoeld, Markus; Hromada, Martin; Kwieciński, Zbigniew; Marcisova, Iva (2024-01-13). "Diversity of Quill Mites of the Family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) Parasitizing Starlings of the Genus Lamprotornis (Passeriformes: Sturnidae)". Diversity. 16 (1): 51. doi:10.3390/d16010051. ISSN 1424-2818.
  3. ^ Sow, Ahmadou; Seye, Djiby; Faye, Emile; Benoit, Laure; Galan, Maxime; Haran, Julien; Brévault, Thierry (June 2020). "Birds and bats contribute to natural regulation of the millet head miner in tree-crop agroforestry systems". Crop Protection. 132: 105127. Bibcode:2020CrPro.13205127S. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105127. ISSN 0261-2194.
  4. ^ S. M, Salim; I.L, Abdullahi; F.M, Hamza (2024-01-17). "Assessment of birds trade in urban Kano". Biological and Environmental Sciences Journal for the Tropics. 20 (3): 80–88. doi:10.4314/bestj.v20i3.8. ISSN 2645-3142.


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