Glossy Starlings and Allies
Lamprotornis
Lamprotornis is a large genus of glossy starlings all of which occur in Africa south of the Sahara. They have glossy blue or green upper parts, which is due to hollow melanin granules arranged in a single layer near the feather barbule's surface. This unique arrangement led to some glossy starlings formerly placed in the genus Spreo being transferred to Lamprotornis, since they shared this feature (but see also below).
The genus Lamprotornis was introduced by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 22 known species
Cape Starling
speciesLamprotornis nitens
Superb Starling
speciesLamprotornis superbus
Greater Blue-eared Starling
speciesLamprotornis chalybaeus
Burchell's Starling
speciesLamprotornis australis
African Pied Starling
speciesLamprotornis bicolor
Rüppell's Starling
speciesLamprotornis purpuroptera
Meves's Starling
speciesLamprotornis mevesii
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
speciesLamprotornis caudatus
Hildebrandt's Starling
speciesLamprotornis hildebrandti
Purple Starling
speciesLamprotornis purpureus
Ashy Starling
speciesLamprotornis unicolor
Splendid Starling
speciesLamprotornis splendidus
Golden-breasted Starling
speciesLamprotornis regius
Chestnut-bellied Starling
speciesLamprotornis pulcher
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
speciesLamprotornis chloropterus
Fischer's Starling
speciesLamprotornis fischeri
Bronze-tailed Starling
speciesLamprotornis chalcurus
Emerald Starling
speciesLamprotornis iris
White-crowned Starling
speciesLamprotornis albicapillus
Sharp-tailed Starling
speciesLamprotornis acuticaudus
Shelley's Starling
speciesLamprotornis shelleyi
Príncipe Starling
speciesLamprotornis ornatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14922.