Species profile
Shelley's Starling
Lamprotornis shelleyi
Quick answer
breeds southeastern South Sudan, southern and eastern Ethiopia, and northern Somalia; partial resident, but as nonbreeder withdraws from Somalia and northeastern Ethiopia, disperses south to southern Somalia, Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania"
- Scientific name
- Lamprotornis shelleyi
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Lamprotornis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Shelley'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)