---
title: "Błyszczak stalowy"
description: "Lamprotornis chalybaeus — Ptaki. The greater blue-eared starling or greater blue-eared glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) is a bird that breeds from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south through eastern Africa to northeastern South Africa and Angola."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/greater-blue-eared-starling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Błyszczak stalowy

> Lamprotornis chalybaeus — Ptaki. The greater blue-eared starling or greater blue-eared glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) is a bird that breeds from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south through eastern Africa to northeastern South Africa and Angola.

- Scientific name: *Lamprotornis chalybaeus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 3407
- Wikidata: [Q240445](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240445)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14923](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14923)

## Names

- en: Greater Blue-eared Starling
- de: Grünschwanz-Glanzstar
- es: Estornino orejiazul
- fr: Choucador à oreillons bleus
- nl: Groenstaartglansspreeuw
- pt: Estorninho-grande-d'orelha-azul
- pl: Błyszczak stalowy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1223), KE (459), BW (222), ET (178), ZW (128), TZ (117), SN (92), GM (78), NA (67), ZM (53), RW (51), UG (44)

## Summary

The greater blue-eared starling or greater blue-eared glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) is a bird that breeds from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south through eastern Africa to northeastern South Africa and Angola. It is a very common species of open woodland bird, and undertakes some seasonal migration.

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

## Photo

![Błyszczak stalowy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-blue-eared-starling/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erwin Sieben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204259850

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-blue-eared-starling?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).