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title: "African Pied Starling"
description: "Lamprotornis bicolor — Birds. The pied starling or African pied starling (Lamprotornis bicolor) is a bird endemic to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/african-pied-starling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Pied Starling

> Lamprotornis bicolor — Birds. The pied starling or African pied starling (Lamprotornis bicolor) is a bird endemic to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini.

- Scientific name: *Lamprotornis bicolor*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `farm` (Farm)
- iNaturalist observations: 1863
- Wikidata: [Q3180337](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180337)
- iNaturalist taxon: [517007](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/517007)

## Names

- en: African Pied Starling
- de: Zweifarbstar
- es: Estornino bicolor
- fr: Spréo bicolore
- nl: Tweekleurige glansspreeuw
- pt: Estorninho-de-ventre-branco
- pl: Błyszczak brunatny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1808), LS (7)

## Summary

The pied starling or African pied starling (Lamprotornis bicolor) is a bird endemic to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini. It is common in most of its range, but largely absent from the arid northwest and the eastern lowlands of South Africa. It is found in open habitats such as grassland, karoo scrub, thornbush and agricultural land, and often associates with farm animals.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_starling

## Photo

![African Pied Starling](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-pied-starling/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329533343

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-pied-starling?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).