---
title: "Hildebrandts glansspreeuw"
description: "Lamprotornis hildebrandti — Vogels. Hildebrandt's starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/hildebrandt-s-starling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hildebrandts glansspreeuw

> Lamprotornis hildebrandti — Vogels. Hildebrandt's starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

- Scientific name: *Lamprotornis hildebrandti*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 808
- Wikidata: [Q661642](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q661642)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14934](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14934)

## Names

- en: Hildebrandt's Starling
- de: Hildebrandtglanzstar
- es: Estornino de Hildebrandt
- fr: Choucador de Hildebrandt
- nl: Hildebrandts glansspreeuw
- pt: Estorninho-de-hildebrandt
- pl: Błyszczak półobrożny

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (487), KE (259)

## Summary

Hildebrandt's starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It forms a superspecies with and has previously been included in the same species as Shelley's starling, a migratory species ranging from Ethiopia and Somalia to Kenya. Both of these species have also been combined into a superspecies with the chestnut-bellied starling of West Africa. It was originally placed in the now defunct genus Notauges. The species is named after Johann Maria Hildebrandt, a German collector who was the first European to obtain specimens.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildebrandt%27s_starling

## Photo

![Hildebrandts glansspreeuw](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hildebrandt-s-starling/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14934

## Machine access

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