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title: "Rüppell's Starling"
description: "Lamprotornis purpuroptera — Aves. Rüppell's starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera), also known as Rueppell's glossy-starling or Rueppell's long-tailed starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/ruppell-s-starling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rüppell's Starling

> Lamprotornis purpuroptera — Aves. Rüppell's starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera), also known as Rueppell's glossy-starling or Rueppell's long-tailed starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

- Scientific name: *Lamprotornis purpuroptera*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1852
- Wikidata: [Q933321](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933321)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72967](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72967)

## Names

- en: Rüppell's Starling
- de: Schweifglanzstar
- es: Estornino de Rüppell
- fr: Choucador de Rüppell
- it: Lamprotornis purpuropterus
- nl: Blauwe langstaartglansspreeuw
- pl: Błyszczak purpurowosterny

## Countries with the most observations

KE (628), UG (465), TZ (348), ET (140), RW (84), SS (14), BI (6)

## Summary

Rüppell's starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera), also known as Rueppell's glossy-starling or Rueppell's long-tailed starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in the African countries of Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCppell%27s_starling

## Photo

![Rüppell's Starling](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ruppell-s-starling/medium.jpg)

Photo: walruswatermelon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225360609

## Machine access

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