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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
-	-	-

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	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	11,500,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	10,800,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

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

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be seasonally abundant (Feare et al. 1998).

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
Angola	extant	native
Benin	extant	native
Burundi	extant	native
Cameroon	extant	native
Central African Republic	extant	native
Congo	extant	native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native
Ethiopia	extant	native
Gabon	extant	native
Gambia	extant	native
Ghana	extant	native
Guinea	extant	native
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native
Kenya	extant	native
Liberia	extant	native
Mali	extant	native
Niger	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
Rwanda	extant	native
São Tomé e Príncipe	extant	native
Senegal	extant	native
Sierra Leone	extant	native
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native
Tanzania	extant	native
Togo	extant	native
Uganda	extant	native
Zambia	extant	native

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/splendid-starling-lamprotornis-splendidus 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.