Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus)
About the Splendid Starling
The splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus), also known as the splendid glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia — and is introduced in Belgium.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 69 recordings for this species: 10 CC BY-NC-ND · 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Tanzania in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Golden-breasted StarlingLamprotornis regiusrecording
- Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.