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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
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	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)	6,320,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.1 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common and often abundant (Feare and Craig 1998).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Benin	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Chad	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Mauritania	extant	vagrant			yes
Niger	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native
Togo	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Benin	Ouémé river basin
Benin	Pendjari National Park
Benin	W du Bénin National Park
Burkina Faso	Arli - W - Singou complex
Burkina Faso	Bérégadougou hill
Burkina Faso	Diéfoula - Logoniégué forest
Burkina Faso	Kaboré Tambi - Nazinga - Sissili complex
Burkina Faso	Lake Kompienga
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou forest
Cameroon	Bénoué National Park
Cameroon	Faro National Park
Cameroon	Gashiga - Demsa
Cameroon	Mayo-Louti Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Ngaoundaba Ranch
Cameroon	Waza National Park
Central African Republic	André Félix National Park complex
Central African Republic	Bamingui-Bangoran National Park complex
Central African Republic	Bozoum
Central African Republic	Manovo - Gounda - St Floris National Park complex
Chad	Manda National Park
Chad	Zakouma National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Garamba National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Comoe National Park
Gambia	Birufu - Darsilami area
Gambia	Kiang West National Park
Ghana	Digya National Park
Ghana	Gbele Resource Reserve
Ghana	Mole National Park
Ghana	Shai Hills Resource Reserve
Guinea	Badiar
Guinea	Chutes de la Sala
Guinea	Mafou
Guinea-Bissau	Cantanhez forests
Guinea-Bissau	Dulombi
Guinea-Bissau	Lagoas de Cufada
Guinea-Bissau	Rio Cacheu
Guinea-Bissau	Rio Mansôa and Gêba estuary
Kenya	Busia grasslands
Kenya	Mount Elgon (Kenya)
Mali	Boucle du Baoulé
Mali	Falaise de Bandiagara
Niger	'W' National Park
Niger	Diffa-Kinzindi grassland and wetlands
Niger	Makalondi district
Nigeria	Amurum woodlands (Taboru)
Nigeria	Assop Falls and hills
Nigeria	Falgore and Lame Burra Game Reserves
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	Hadejia-Nguru wetlands
Nigeria	Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity
Nigeria	Kainji Lake National Park
Nigeria	Kamuku National Park
Nigeria	Lower Kaduna - Middle Niger flood-plain
Nigeria	Pandam Wildlife Park
Nigeria	Sunvit Farm
Nigeria	Yankari Game Reserve
Senegal	Delta du Saloum
Senegal	Ferlo North
Senegal	Parc National du Niokolo-Koba
South Sudan	Ashana
South Sudan	Bandingilo
South Sudan	Imatong mountains
South Sudan	Juba
South Sudan	Nimule
South Sudan	Sudd (Bahr-el-Jebel system)
Togo	Kéran National Park
Togo	Oti Valley Faunal Reserve
Uganda	Ajai Wildlife Reserve
Uganda	Budongo Forest Reserve
Uganda	Mount Kei Forest Reserve
Uganda	Mount Otzi Forest Reserve
Uganda	Murchison Falls National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/purple-starling-lamprotornis-purpureus on 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.