Lesser Blue-eared Starling / Lamprotornis chloropterus LC

Synonyms Northern Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Swainson's Glossy Starling, Lesser or Southern Blue-eared Glossy-Starling, Lesser Blue eared Glossy Starling, Southern Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Green-tailed Glossy-Starling, Swainson's Glossy-Starling, Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lesser), Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling, Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lesser), Gold Coast Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Old latin name for bird Lamprocolius cyanogenys

Lesser Blue-eared Starlingbird sounds *

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Call, © Paul Lenrumé
Guinea
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Call, © Andrew Spencer
Ethiopia
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Call, © Andrew Spencer
Ethiopia
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Call, © Bram Piot
Mali
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Call, song, © Rory Nefdt
Ethiopia

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Fischer's Starling

Sharp-tailed Starling

Where to see Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Breeding region Africa
Breeding subregion Senegal, Gambia and Guinea to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Kenya to n Botswana and Zimbabwe

Lesser Blue-eared Starling subspecies (2)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Lamprotornis chloropterus chloropterus	Senegal, Gambia and Guinea to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Kenya	-	No
Lamprotornis chloropterus elisabeth	s Kenya to n Botswana and Zimbabwe	-	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Klein-blouoorglansspreeu (Klein), Klein-blouoorglansspreeu
Catalan	estornell de Swainson
Chinese	小蓝耳辉椋鸟
Chinese (Traditional)	小藍耳輝椋鳥
Croatian	plavouhi čvorak
Czech	leskoptev malá, leskoptev malá (ssp. chloropterus)
Danish	Miomboglansstær, Lille Blåøret Glansstær
Dutch	Blauwoor-glansspreeuw (chloropterus), Blauwoor-glansspreeuw, Blauwoorglansspreeuw, Noordelijke Blauwoorglansspreeuw
Esperanto	Verdaflugila lamprotorno, Verdflugila brilsturno, Verdaflugila brilsturno
Estonian	Tsüaan-kuldnokk
Finnish	purppuraperäkottarainen
French	Merle métallique à oreillons bleu, Étourneau métallique à oreillons bleus, Choucador de Swainson, Choucador de Swainson ou C. élisabeth, Étourneau métallique de Swainson, Étourneau à oreillons bleus, Choucador de Swainson (chloropterus), Merle métallique de Swainson, Choucador de Swainson (nominal)
Galician	Estorniño de Swainson
German	Elisabethglanzstar, Messingglanzstar (chloropterus), Messingglanzstar, Messing-Glanzstar
Hungarian	zöldszárnyú fényseregély
Italian	Storno splendente guanceblu minore, Storno splendido blu minore, Storno orecchie blu minore
Japanese	コセイキムクドリ (chloropterus), コセイキムクドリ（chloropterus）, コセイキムクドリ, ヒメセイキムクドリ
Lithuanian	Sveinsono blizgusis varnėnas
Norwegian	småglansstær (chloropterus), småglansstær
Norwegian Nynorsk	Småglansstare
Polish	błyszczak niebieskouchy (chloropterus), błyszczak niebieskouchy, blyszczak niebieskouchy
Portuguese	estorninho-pequeno-d'orelha-azul, Estorninho-pequeno-de-orelha-azul
Russian	Блестящий спрео (chloropterus), Свенсонов блестящий скворец, Блестящий спрео, Глянцевокрылый скворец
Serbian	Mali plavouhi čvorak, Mali plavouhi čvorak (chloropterus)
Slovak	liskavec modrosluchý, liskavec modrosluchý (skup.)
Spanish	Estornino Brillante de Orejas Azules Chico, Estornino de Swainson (chloropterus), Estornino de Swainson
Swahili	Kuzi Bawa-kijani
Swedish	mindre glansstare/miomboglansstare, mindre glansstare
Turkish	Küçük mavikulak sığırcık (chloropterus), Küçük Mavikulak Sığırcık
Ukrainian	мерл синьощокий
Welsh	Drudwen loyw glustlas fach