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Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
-23.9749, 31.531
Field Notes
Description:
This was taken at the Satara rest camp in the Kruger Park.
Habitat:
Occurs in a band from Senegal to Ethiopia, south through Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia to southern Africa. Here it is locally common in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa, extending into northern Botswana and Namibia. It generally prefers open savanna woodland with dense undergrowth, such as Mopane (Colosphermum mopane) and Acacia.
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Greater Blue-eared Starling
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2013
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