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Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Status.

Category E

Native Range

Africa. Four subspecies occupying sub-saharan Africa from Mauritania eastwards to Chad. Eastern Africa from Ethiopia southwards to Zimbabwe

Conservation Status

Least Concern

British Occurrence

NBN atlas has 18 records as at end 2024. Map Here.

This species or a Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus) was present at Brinsley, Notts in September 1992

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Sources

Reece et. al. The Birds of Nottinghamshire 2019.