Rüppell's Starling | |
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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.