Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828 — also called Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling, GBES. Occurrence records of the Greater Blue-eared Starling are shared on GBIF from around 19 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kruger National Park (2 895 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernSturnidae

19reserves with records

4 460records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) — Photo: flowcomm · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Kruger National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	2 895
Lion Sands Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	546
SabieparkNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	256
Mjejane Private Game ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	186
Idube Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	105
Mala Mala Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	99
Thornybush Game ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	90
Timbavati Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	76
Londolozi Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	53
Klaserie Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	44
Sabi Sands Game ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	37
Shaws GateNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	28
Tshukudu Private Game ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	15
Manyeleti Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	12
Cronje en Dogters Privaat NatuurreserweNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	5
Mthethomusha Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	5
Grietjie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	LP Limpopo	4
Langjan Natuur ReservattNature reserve	LP Limpopo	2
Hans Merensky WildernessProtected area	LP Limpopo	2

By province

Mpumalanga: 13 reserves
Limpopo: 6 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Scientific name: Lamprotornis chalybaeus
GBIF taxon: 2489071
Wikidata: Q240445

More of the Sturnidae family

Red-winged Starling Cape Starling Common Starling Common Myna Pied Starling Black-bellied Starling Violet-backed Starling Burchell's Starling Wattled Starling Pale-winged Starling Meves's Starling

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.