Species profile
Burchell's Starling
Lamprotornis australis
Quick answer
S Angola to w Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique and n South Africa
- Scientific name
- Lamprotornis australis
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Lamprotornis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Burchell's Starling in your journal
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Related species in Sturnidae
- Abbott's Starling (Poeoptera femoralis)
- African Pied Starling (Lamprotornis bicolor)
- Amydrus montanus (Amydrus montanus)
- Aplonis marginata (Aplonis marginata)
- Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor)
- Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
- Atoll Starling (Aplonis feadensis)
- Babbling Starling (Neocichla gutturalis)