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Taxonomic note

Lamprotornis unicolor (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Cosmopsarus unicolor.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	346,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	3.69 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally common (Fry and Keith 2000). The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Kenya	extant	vagrant			yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Tanzania	Lake Balangida Lelu
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania	Ruaha National Park
Tanzania	Tarangire National Park
Tanzania	Usangu flats
Tanzania	Wembere steppe

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude	730 - 1800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/ashy-starling-lamprotornis-unicolor on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.