Lamprotornis hildebrandti

(Cabanis, 1878)

Vernacular names
English : Hildebrandt’s starling
French : Choucador de Hildebrandt

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Passeriformes
Family : Sturnidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Dark glossy blue forehead, crown, cheeks, wings and back, purple-blue tinge on back and wings. Breast glossy purple, lower breast and belly orange buff to rufous. Orange eyes, black face band.

Range and habitat
East Africa, from north-central Kenya to north-central Tanzania. Found in open woodlands and open thornbush country, sometimes cattle enclosures, from 500 to 2200 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : This species is uncommon to locally common but it doesn’t suffer from any threats. Its habitat is yet intact in many places and it is very rarely captured for the trade or hunted.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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