Lesser blue-eared starling

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Lesser blue-eared starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus), Koubalan, Senegal.jpg
L. c. chloropterus in Senegal
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Lamprotornis
Species:
L. chloropterus
Binomial name
Lamprotornis chloropterus
Swainson, 1838
Afrika Verbreitungsgebiet-Distribuion area Lamprotornis chloropterus.png
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 starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, 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.

During the non-breeding season, it forms roosts of 500-1200 individuals. [2]

It eats insects and grains. [3]

It is sometimes kept as a pet. [4]

An immature bird in Ghana, moulting into adult plumage Lesser Blue Eared Starling.jpg
An immature bird in Ghana, moulting into adult plumage

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References

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