Rüppell's Starling

Rüppell's Starling
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Lamprotornis
Species: L. purpuroptera
Binomial name
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Rüppell, 1845

Rüppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera), also known as Rueppell's Glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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