Avian conservationUGS
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Hello members, could there be anyone with recent magpie starling sightings in uganda. Kindly share location and coordinate's if possible. Thank you.
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Hello, have a look here: Sign in, and here: Magpie Starling (Speculipastor bicolor) :: xeno-canto. I don't see any in Uganda, though: the closest observations are in Kenya.
Avian conservationUGS
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Thanks and yet its said that they overlap in north-eastern Uganda.
Bewick
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Not sure how accurate Birdlife information is but they do mention magpie starlings being in Uganda. Magpie Starling (Speculipastor bicolor) - BirdLife species factsheet
(still no Uganda, though)
observation.org
The way some of the eBird observations are quite close to the Ugandan border makes me think it's entirely possible. Perhaps all visiting birders tick it elsewhere and can't be bothered to look. XenoCanto's range maps are more accurate and updated than Birdlife's maps, so if they show them there, that should hopefully mean they will be found, eventually (?).
However, BirdForum's Opus says they are only vagrants in Uganda*, which might in fact be closer to what the data points to:
www.birdforum.net
Good luck with your search if you're thinking about finding it!
EDIT: *which was probably taken from Birds of the World - Comprehensive life histories for all bird species and families, to which I have no access, unfortunately
however, twice every year, they give free access to all of it for a few days: around Global Big Day—13 May 2023 - eBird and around October Big Day—14 Oct 2023 - eBird
Magpie Starling - Speculipastor bicolor
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The way some of the eBird observations are quite close to the Ugandan border makes me think it's entirely possible. Perhaps all visiting birders tick it elsewhere and can't be bothered to look. XenoCanto's range maps are more accurate and updated than Birdlife's maps, so if they show them there, that should hopefully mean they will be found, eventually (?).
is what the newest Clements v2023 has to say
However, BirdForum's Opus says they are only vagrants in Uganda*, which might in fact be closer to what the data points to:
Magpie Starling - BirdForum Opus
www.birdforum.net
Good luck with your search if you're thinking about finding it!
EDIT: *which was probably taken from Birds of the World - Comprehensive life histories for all bird species and families, to which I have no access, unfortunately
however, twice every year, they give free access to all of it for a few days: around Global Big Day—13 May 2023 - eBird and around October Big Day—14 Oct 2023 - eBird
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