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Genus: Lamprotornis (23 species)

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Sharp-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus) Range: AF: c


White-crowned Starling (Lamprotornis albicapillus) Range: AF: e Yabello, Ethiopia
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White-crowned Starling (Lamprotornis albicapillus horrensis) Range: AF: e Bubisa, Kenya
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Burchell's Starling (Lamprotornis australis) Range: AF: sc Kruger National Park, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

Note large size and dark eye compared to similar species.


Pied Starling (Lamprotornis bicolor) Range: AF: s Botswana through Lesotho and South Africa South Africa
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Long-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) Range: AF: s Mauritania to Guinea-Bissau and e to Sudan and South Sudan Senegambia Hotel, The Gambia
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Bronze-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus chalcurus) Range: AF: w, c, ec Gambia
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Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus nordmanni) Range: AF: widespread Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus) Range: AF: Senegal, Gambia and Guinea to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Kenya The Gambia
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Miombo Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis elisabeth) Range: AF: s Kenya to n Botswana and Zimbabwe Nkanga Conservation Area, Zambia
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Fischer's Starling (Lamprotornis fischeri) Range: AF: s Ethiopia and c Somalia to ne Tanzania Kenya
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Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) Range: AF: Kenya and Tanzania Nairobi National Park, Kenya
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Emerald Starling (Lamprotornis iris) Range: AF: Guinea, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
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Meves's Starling (Lamprotornis mevesii mevesii) Range: AF: s Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Note long tail compared to similar species.


Cape Starling (Lamprotornis nitens) Range: AF: w DR Congo through w, s Angola to Namibia, Botswana, s Zimbabawe, s Mozambique and n, e South Africa Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Principe Starling (Lamprotornis ornatus) Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.) Principe
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Chestnut-bellied Starling (Lamprotornis pulcher) Range: AF: Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Sudan, Eritrea and n Ethiopia Kebemer, Senegal
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Purple Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus purpureus) Range: AF: w, c The Gambia
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Rueppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera) Range: AF: ne, e Lake Baringo, Kenya
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Golden-breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius) Range: AF: Ethiopia and Somalia to n Tanzania Hsinchu Green World Eco-Farm, Taiwan
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Shelley's Starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) Range: AF: Ethiopia and Somalia to n Kenya and se South Sudan Dawa River, Ethiopia
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Shelley's Starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) Range: AF: Ethiopia and Somalia to n Kenya and se South Sudan Shiikh, Somaliland
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Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus) Range: AF: widespread Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
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Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) Range: AF: Ethiopia and Somalia to Tanzania Serengeti, Tanzania
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Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor) Range: AF: Kenya and Tanzania Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
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