Purple Starling / Lamprotornis purpureus
Purple Starling bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Purple Glossy-Starling, Purple Glossy Starling |
Old latin name for bird | Lamprocolius purpureus, Turdus auratus, Turdus purpureus |
Order | Perching birds / Passeriformes |
Family | Starlings, Rhabdornises / Sturnidae |
Genus | Lamprotornis |
Breeding region | Africa |
Breeding subregion | w, c |
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Related species

Ashy Starling

Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Bronze-tailed Starling

Sharp-tailed Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Burchell's Starling

Emerald Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling

Rüppell's Starling
Where to see Purple Starling
Purple Starling subspecies (2)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Lamprotornis purpureus amethystinus | Cameroon to s Sudan and w Kenya | - | No |
Lamprotornis purpureus purpureus | Senegal and Gambia to Nigeria | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Catalan | Estornell metàllic purpuri, estornell metàl·lic, Estornell metàl·lic purpuri |
Chinese | 紫辉椋鸟 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 紫色輝椋鳥 |
Croatian | zlatnooki čvorak |
Czech | leskoptev fialová, leskoptev purpurová |
Danish | Purpurglansstær |
Dutch | Purperglansspreeuw |
Esperanto | Purpura lamprotorno, Purpura brilsturno |
Finnish | viikunakottarainen |
French | Étourneau métallique pourpré, Choucador pourpré, Merle métallique pourpré, Merle bronzé pourpre |
German | Purpurglanzstar, Purpur-Glanzstar |
Hebrew | זרזיר בוהק/כחול לחיים |
Hungarian | ibolyás fényseregély |
Icelandic | Purpurastari |
Italian | Storno splendido purpureo, Storno splendente viola, Storno splendente purpureo |
Japanese | ムラサキテリムクドリ |
Lithuanian | purpurinis blizgusis varnėnas |
Norwegian | purpurglansstær, Purpurglansstær |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Purpurglansstare |
Polish | blyszczak purpurowy, błyszczak purpurowy |
Portuguese | estorninho-purpúreo, estorninho-metálico-de-cauda-curta, melro-metálico-cardeal |
Russian | Пурпурный спрео, Пурпурный блестящий скворец |
Serbian | Ljubičasti čvorak |
Slovak | liskavec purpurový |
Spanish | Estornino purpúreo, Estornino Brillante Morado |
Swahili | Kuzi Zambarau |
Swedish | purpurglansstare |
Turkish | Erguvani Parlak Sığırcık |
Ukrainian | мерл пурпуровий |