| Purple-headed Starling | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. purpureiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamprotornis purpureiceps (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851) |
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The Purple-headed Starling (Lamprotornis purpureiceps), also known as the Purple-headed Glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, and Uganda.