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Lamprotornis superbus

Photo by Martin Creasser
Photo shows juvenile (top) with adult (below). Location: Kenya.

[edit] Identification

18-19 cm. Black head, iridescent blue-to-green back, upper breast, wings, and tail, red-orange belly separated from the blue breast by a white bar, white undertail coverts and wing linings, cream iris. Juveniles have duller plumage with no more than a suggestion of the white breast band. Their irises are brown, later greyish white.

[edit] Distribution

Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

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[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

It is a ground feeder.

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