Cape Starling / Lamprotornis nitens
Cape Starling bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Cape Glossy Starling, Damarland Glossy Starling, Red shouldered Glossy Starling, Glossy Starling, Red-shouldered Glossy-Starling, Cape Glossy-Starling, Red-shouldered Glossy Starling |
Old latin name for bird | Turdus nitens |
Order | Perching birds / Passeriformes |
Family | Starlings, Rhabdornises / Sturnidae |
Genus | Lamprotornis |
Breeding region | Africa |
Breeding subregion | w DR Congo through w, s Angola to Namibia, Botswana, s Zimbabawe, s Mozambique and n, e South Africa |
Cape Starling bird sounds *
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Related species

Ashy Starling

Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Bronze-tailed Starling

Purple Starling

Sharp-tailed Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Burchell's Starling

Emerald Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling
Where to see Cape Starling
Cape Starling subspecies (0)
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Afrikaans | Kleinglanspreeu, Kleinglansspreeu |
Catalan | estornell del Cap |
Chinese | 红肩辉椋鸟 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 南非輝椋鳥 |
Croatian | plavozeleni čvorak |
Czech | leskoptev savanová, Leskoptev rudohrbetá |
Danish | Rødskuldret Glansstær |
Dutch | Roodschouderglansspreeuw, Roodschouder-glansspreeuw |
Esperanto | Kablanda brilsturno, Kablanda lamprotorno |
Finnish | turkoosikottarainen |
French | Choucador à épaulettes rouges, Étourneau métallique brillant, Merle métallique à épaulettes rouges, Étourneau métallique à épaulettes rouges |
German | Rotschulter-Glanzstar |
Hungarian | vörösvállú fényseregély |
Icelandic | Skrúðstari |
Italian | Storno splendente spallerosse, Storno splendido alirosse, Storno splendente del Capo |
Japanese | アカガタテリムク, アカガタマキエテリムク |
Lithuanian | raudonpetis blizgusis varnėnas |
Norwegian | Grønnglansstær, grønnglansstær |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Grønglansstare |
Polish | błyszczak lśniący, blyszczak lsniacy |
Portuguese | estorninho-do-cabo, estorninho-metálico |
Russian | Красноплечий блестящий скворец, Капский спрео |
Serbian | Kapski čvorak |
Shona | Hwirikwiri |
Slovak | liskavec akáciový |
Spanish | Estornino Brillante de Hombros Rojos, Estornino de El Cabo |
Swedish | Rödskuldrad glansstare, grönglansstare |
Tsonga | Kwezu leri tsongo |
Tswana | Legôdi |
Turkish | Kap Sığırcığı |
Ukrainian | мерл капський |
Xhosa | Inyakrili |
Zulu | iKhwezi |