Lesser blue-eared starling explained

The lesser blue-eared starling or lesser blue-eared glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

During the non-breeding season, it forms roosts of 500-1200 individuals.^[1]

It eats insects and grains.^[2]

It is sometimes kept as a pet.^[3]

External links

• Lesser blue-eared glossy-starling - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds

Notes and References

1. Skoracki . Maciej . Patan . Milena . Unsoeld . Markus . Hromada . Martin . Kwieciński . Zbigniew . Marcisova . Iva . 2024-01-13 . Diversity of Quill Mites of the Family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) Parasitizing Starlings of the Genus Lamprotornis (Passeriformes: Sturnidae) . Diversity . 16 . 1 . 51 . 10.3390/d16010051 . free . 1424-2818.
2. Sow . Ahmadou . Seye . Djiby . Faye . Emile . Benoit . Laure . Galan . Maxime . Haran . Julien . Brévault . Thierry . June 2020 . Birds and bats contribute to natural regulation of the millet head miner in tree-crop agroforestry systems . Crop Protection . 132 . 105127 . 10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105127 . 2020CrPro.13205127S . 0261-2194.
3. S. M . Salim . I.L . Abdullahi . F.M . Hamza . 2024-01-17 . Assessment of birds trade in urban Kano . Biological and Environmental Sciences Journal for the Tropics . 20 . 3 . 80–88 . 10.4314/bestj.v20i3.8 . 2645-3142. free .