Abundance: 0.03 to 0.43% (median 0.27%)

Latitudinal range: -30.4° to 14.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)

Found in 7 samples

Cameroon: Nyong River

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park

Senegal: Dakar

South Africa: Umdoni Park, Tonqani

See also Lamprotornis australis, Lamprotornis chalybaeus, Lamprotornis corruscus, Lamprotornis nitens, Lamprotornis splendidus