White-crowned Starling (Lamprotornis albicapillus)

White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Lamprotornis albicapillus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Spreo albicapillus.

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

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

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,060,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.56 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common, although very localised (Feare and Craig 1998). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

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

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Djibouti	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Ethiopia	Arero forest
Ethiopia	Awash National Park
Ethiopia	Bogol Manyo - Dolo
Ethiopia	Liben plains and Negele woodlands
Ethiopia	Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder
Ethiopia	Mankubsa - Welenso forest
Ethiopia	Omo National Park
Ethiopia	Yabello Sanctuary
Kenya	Dida Galgalu desert
Somalia	Boorama plains
Somalia	Buulobarde
Somalia	Ceel Hammure
Somalia	Daalo
Somalia	Gacan Libaax
Somalia	Laag Dheere
Somalia	Saylac

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1790 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-crowned-starling-lamprotornis-albicapillus on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.