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
Sturnidae
.
It is found in 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
.
moulting
into adult plumageReferences
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links
- Lesser blue-eared glossy-starling - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds