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When to see the Shelley's Starling
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Shelley's Starling
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in South Sudan.
About the Shelley's Starling
Shelley's starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in East Africa, within the borders of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, and Tanzania.
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Easily confused with
Sharp-tailed StarlingLamprotornis acuticaudusThe sharp-tailed starling, also known as the sharp-tailed glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Principe StarlingLamprotornis ornatusThe Principe starling, also known as the Príncipe glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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