| Greater blue-eared starling | |
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| L. c. nordmanni Kruger National Park, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. chalybaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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resident range dry season visitor[2]
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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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lamprotornis chalybaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710689A94257029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710689A94257029.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Craig, A.; Feare, C. J. (2020). Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), in Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA.: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.gbesta1.01. S2CID 216291692. Retrieved 8 November 2020.