chestnut-bellied starling (Lamprotornis pulcher), greater blue-eared glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) Engraving of Lamprotornis pulcher (syn. L. rufiventris, above) and juvenile Lamprotornis chalybaeus (below).
Date 1835
Source Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig https://archive.org/stream/neuewirbelthiere00rupp#page/n216/mode/1up
Author Rüppell, Eduard, 1794-1884
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neue_Wirbelthiere_zu_der_Fauna_von_Abyssinien_geh%C3%B6rig_(1835)_Lamprotornis_sp_%26_Lamprotornis_chalybaeus.png
The chestnut-bellied starling (Lamprotornis pulcher) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Togo.
The greater blue-eared starling or greater blue-eared glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) is a bird that breeds from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south through eastern Africa to northeastern South Africa and Angola. It is a very common species of open woodland bird, and undertakes some seasonal migration.
