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GBIF·2489075speciesAnimalia82,980 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderPasseriformes
  5. ›familySturnidae
  6. ›genusLamprotornis
Lamprotornis superbus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Superb Starling

Lamprotornis superbus Rüppell, 1845

Also calledChoucador superbe (fra) · Dreifarben-Glanzstar (deu) · Dreifarbenglanzstar (deu) · Driekleurglansspreeuw (nld) · Driekleurige Glansspreeuw (nld) · Estorino soberbio (spa) · Estornino soberbio (spa) · Merle métallique superbe (fra) · Muhteşem Sığırcık (tur) · Riđotrbi čvorak (srp) · Storno superbo (ita) · Superba lamprotorno (epo) · brunbukig glansstare (swe) · błyszczak rudobrzuchy (pol)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

Distribution

southeastern South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, northern Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania

The Clements Checklist

Distribution

Breeding regions are AF. Breeding subregions are Ethiopia and Somalia to Tanzania.

IOC World Bird List, v

eunis habitat

Woodland and forest habitats and other wooded land (G level 1)

DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2489075.