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Rüppell's Starling

Lamprotornis purpuroptera Rüppell, WPES 1845

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera James Bradley 2018-11-07 West Pokot County, West Pokot (Kenya) (1500 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 444915
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera Oliver Fowler 2022-10-03 Keekorok Lodge, Mara, Narok County, Narok (Kenya) (1600 m) song -

Bird calling from tree in riverine woodland. Recording edited using Audacity, sound below 300 kHz removed to reduce background noise, otherwise unchanged.

 771988
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Marian P. McChesney 1967-11-06 BUDONGO FOREST, Uganda, Uganda (Uganda)   -   14837
macaulaylibrary.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Jacek Betleja 2015-03-01 East Shewa, Oromia, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1600 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 293978
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera Bram Piot 2013-06-07 Botanical Gardens Entebbe, West Mengo District, Wakiso (Uganda) (1100 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 138679
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Alexander Schlatmann 2022-08-26 Mpala Research Centre Campsite, Laikipia County, Kenya, Laikipia (Kenya) (1700 m) adult, subsong -

Olympus LS-12 + Sennheiser ME-66

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 748260
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Jonathan Onongo 2026-01-06 Mbegu Camp, Hoima (Uganda) (650 m) call - [also] [sono] 1073602
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Peter Boesman 2015-12-17 Lake Awassa, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) call - [sono] 300373
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera GARY DOUGLAS 2025-06-22 , Mara (Tanzania)   -   638172471
macaulaylibrary.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera Frank Lambert 2018-11-19 Sandia Lodge nr Lake Baringo, Baringo (Kenya) (1000 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 451564
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Peter Boesman 2015-12-17 Lake Awassa, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) call - [sono] 300372
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Byiringiro Pacifique 2025-04-11 , Est (Rwanda)   -   633664452
macaulaylibrary.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera András Schmidt 2005-11-18 Nyabushozi (near Village), Kiruhura, Western Region, Kiruhura (Uganda) (1300 m) adult, dawn song, sex uncertain -

No modification. Song heard in the wooded savannah next to the lodge.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 701859
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Andrew Spencer 2014-12-24 Awash National Park, Afar (Ethiopia) (1000 m) song -

natural vocalizations; song from a single bird near the top of a tall tree in gallery forest along a small river.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 210337
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera David C. Moyer 6 July 2011 Paraa, Murchinson Falls National Park, NW Uganda, Masindi (former division) (Uganda) (800 m) song (A) -   83798
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Guido O. Keijl 2015-01-09 Bilen Lodge, Afar Zone 3, Afar, Afar (Ethiopia) (750 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 294696
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera Oliver Fowler 2022-08-30 Sopa Resort, Lake Naivasha, Nakuru County, Nakuru (Kenya) (1900 m) song -

Bird calling from fever tree in resort gardens. Recording amplified and high pass filter applied using Audacity.

 771994
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Jonathan Onongo 2025-06-10 Nalubaale Dam, Jinja, Buikwe (Uganda) (1100 m) call - [sono] 1009525
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera Frank Lambert 2018-11-19 Sandia Lodge nr Lake Baringo, Baringo (Kenya) (1000 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 451566
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera isaac kilusu 2023-03-18 Missenyi, old kagera sugar,Kagera Region, Kagera (pre-2012) (Tanzania) (1200 m) call - [sono] 789322
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Andrew Spencer 2018-08-02 , Western (Uganda)   -   243348701
macaulaylibrary.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Bernard BOUSQUET 2025-07-19 Lake Mburo National Park, Kiruhura, Western Region, Kiruhura (Uganda) (1300 m) call - [sono] 1056074
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Bernard BOUSQUET 2025-07-19 Lake Mburo National Park, Kiruhura, Western Region, Kiruhura (Uganda) (1300 m) call - [sono] 1056215
xeno-canto.org
Rüppell's Starling - Lamprotornis purpuroptera Jonathan Onongo 2026-01-07 Mbegu Camp, Hoima (Uganda) (650 m) call - [sono] 1073779
xeno-canto.org
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