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Pied Starling
Lamprotornis bicolor · Family Sturnidae
Lamprotornis bicolor
Family Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 134,304
- Countries and territories with records
- 5
About this species
This species has 134,304 occurrence records from 5 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). South Africa accounts for 99% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.33% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Lamprotornis bicolor combines the genus name Lamprotornis with the species epithet bicolor. The Warbla app catalog lists 22 species of the genus Lamprotornis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Lamprotornis nitens, Lamprotornis chalybaeus and Lamprotornis superbus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 110 species of the family Sturnidae. This species ranks 16th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sturnus vulgaris. Its record count is 39.4% of the family average (340,966). The family Sturnidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.