Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling

The Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling is a 22 cm long, short tailed bird. This starling is glossy blue-green with a purple-blue belly and blue ear patch. Its iris is bright yellow or orange. The sexes are similar, but the juvenile is duller and has blackish brown underparts.

The Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828 summary taxon grid map Wikipedia NatureServe Google: Web|Scholar ITIS Birdlife Google|Flickr Xeno-Canto - photo: Felipe Miguel Photo powered by flickr.com. More

The Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling is a 22 cm long, short tailed bird. This starling is glossy blue-green with a purple-blue belly and blue ear patch. Its iris is bright yellow or orange. The sexes are similar, but the juvenile is duller and has blackish brown underparts. The populations from southern Kenya southwards are smaller than northern birds and are sometimes considered to be a separate subspecies, L. c. sycobius. More

* Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)in Kruger National Park, South Africa Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)in Kruger National Park, South Africa Kruger National Park, South Africa LHarding 5 November 2008 1 year ago 3.3 * A bird perched on a shrub, dorsal view. More

Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus = Described by: Ehrenberg (1828) Alternate common name(s): Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling, Blue-eared Glossy-starling Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Saly, Senegal - Feb 16, 2004 More

Original File Name: Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) 1. More

Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus = * Home Expand Log in Menu item Register Menu item Log out Menu item Change login details Menu item Why register? Expand UK & Ireland Menu item Birding sites More

The Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) lives in savanna woodland in West, Eastern, and Southern Africa. It is a non-cooperative breeder. Photo by Dustin Rubenstein, Kenya To look for patterns in the breeding behaviors of starlings and the environments in which they live—including savannas, deserts, and tropical forests—Rubenstein and Lovette examined rainfall patterns at thousands of African sites over more than a century. More

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Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling, Lamprotornis chalybaeus Sturnidae (STARLINGS) Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling, Lamprotornis chalybaeus This photo was taken in: Kenya This photo was taken with: Canon EOS 1D Mark II Notes on this photo: Nyeri, Kenya & Vicinity The photo was taken by: Bob Hawkins , Birdwatching trip reports from around the world Kenya reports Birdwatching trip reports from Kenya More