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Purple Starling
Lamprotornis purpureus (Müller, PLS 1776)
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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto &
macaulaylibrary.org.
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Peter Boesman | 2026-01-21 | East of Kedougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) | song - [sono] | 1081668 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Joost van Bruggen | 2021-11-26 | Abca's River Lodge, Foni Bintang Karanai (Gambia) (10 m) | female, male, sex uncertain, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
690788 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Peter Boesman | 2026-01-21 | East of Kedougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) | song - [sono] | 1081260 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Peter Boesman | 2022-03-14 | Tono Dam, Upper East, Builsa (Ghana) | call - [sono] | 719228 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Alli Smith | 2025-12-30 | , Tambacounda (Senegal) | - | 649628897 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Peter Boesman | 2026-01-17 | Campement de Wassadou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) | call - [sono] | 1081666 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Peter Boesman | 2026-01-17 | Campement de Wassadou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) | call - [sono] | 1081258 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | GABRIEL LEITE | 2024-12-05 | Sakumono, Tema Metropolitan, Greater Accra Region, Tema (Ghana) (0 m) | call, song - [sono] | 955201 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Peter Boesman | 2026-01-17 | Campement de Wassadou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) | call - Calls while bathing
|
1081667 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus purpureus | Bram Piot | 2019-12-26 | Nema Ba, Fatick, Fatick (Senegal) (10 m) | call - Contact calls by a few birds in canopy bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
513835 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus purpureus | Bram Piot | 2018-02-28 | Kedougou (fleuve Gambie), Tambacounda (Senegal) (110 m) | call - Small group feeding by the Gambia river; may contain a few Bronze-tailed Starlings. Same group as XC405683 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
405682 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Peter Boesman | 2026-01-21 | , Tambacounda (Senegal) | - | 650429988 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Peter Boesman | 2022-03-14 | Tono Dam & vicinity, Upper East, Ghana, Builsa (Ghana) | - | 434959701 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Peter Boesman | 2026-01-17 | Campement de Wassadou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) | call - Calls while bathing
|
1081259 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Étienne Leroy | 2017-10-22 | Banfora, Comoe, Cascades, Komoé (Burkina Faso) (300 m) | call - A few birds chattering, seated on a tree on the side of the road to Bobo Dioulasso. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
390563 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Sun Madakan | 2020-12-14 | Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria) (460 m) | adult, call, sex uncertain, song - Same individual as XC608911. Only one individual present on target tree or obvious in general vicinity of recording bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
608909 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Nathan Pieplow | 2018-12-25 | , Fatick (Senegal) | - | 618537064 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Andrew Spencer | 2018-12-27 | Campement Hôtel de Wassadou, Tambacounda, Senegal, Tambacounda (Senegal) | - Various calls from a flock of hundreds of birds in a tall fruiting tree at the edge of the river. | 138557011 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Sun Madakan | 2020-12-14 | 36 131 Road, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG (9.097, 7.412), Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria) | - | 287974251 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Alain Rouge | 2024-10-17 | , Tambacounda (Senegal) | - | 627653603 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Sam Zhang | 2025-02-23 | , Northern (former region) (Ghana) | - | 633255139 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Nathan Pieplow | 2018-12-26 | , Tambacounda (Senegal) | - | 618585254 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus purpureus | Bram Piot | 2018-02-28 | Kedougou (fleuve Gambie), Tambacounda (Senegal) (110 m) | call - Small group feeding by the Gambia river; may contain a few Bronze-tailed Starlings. Same group as XC405682. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
405683 xeno-canto.org |
| Purple Starling - Lamprotornis purpureus | Peter Boesman | 2018-06-22 | Kiang West, Lower River, Lower River (Gambia) (40 m) | call - Call in flight. ID certainty 90%.
|
425438 xeno-canto.org |
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/OOECIWCSWV/ffts/XC1081668-large.png){kind=link}
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/OOECIWCSWV/ffts/XC1081260-large.png){kind=link}
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/OOECIWCSWV/ffts/XC719228-large.png){kind=link}
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/OOECIWCSWV/ffts/XC1081666-large.png){kind=link}
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/OOECIWCSWV/ffts/XC1081258-large.png){kind=link}
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/TGBFXDVERJ/ffts/XC955201-large.png){kind=link}
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