Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusLamprotornis (Glossy Starlings and Allies)
- SpeciesLamprotornis chalybaeus (Greater Blue-eared Starling)
Closest Relatives at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Splendid Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis splendidus
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis chalcurus
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis chloropterus
Purple Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis purpureus
Waller's Starling
Onychognathus walleri
Narrow-tailed Starling
Poeoptera lugubris
Stuhlmann's Starling
Poeoptera stuhlmanni
Slender-billed Starling
Onychognathus tenuirostris
Purple-headed Starling
Hylopsar purpureiceps
Chestnut-winged Starling
Onychognathus fulgidus
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Greater Blue-eared Starling at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there