Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernEndemicInvertebratesWoodlandCavity nestMedium · 60 g

Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor), photo 1 — Photo: Edmundas Greimas · CC BY 4.0

Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor), photo 2 — Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0

Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Valentin Moser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Jacek Pietruszewski, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Seig, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor), photo 6 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Leonel Roget, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Jacek Pietruszewski, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor), photo 9 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Brooke Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Ashy Starling

The ashy starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. It is alternatively placed in the genus Cosmopsarus or Spreo.

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Where the Ashy Starling lives

Regular range

Tanzania

When to see the Ashy Starling

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Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Fischer's StarlingLamprotornis fischeriThe adult of this 18 cm (7.1 in) long, 51 g (1.8 oz) starling has mainly dully ash-grey plumage except for a white lower chest, belly and undertail.

Golden-breasted StarlingLamprotornis regiusLamprotornis regius can reach a body length of about 35 cm (14 in).

Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterusThe lesser blue-eared starling or lesser blue-eared glossy-starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

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