Abbott's Starling
Arizelopsar femoralis(Richmond, CW, 1897)
English (US) Abbott's Starling
The Abbott's Starling (Arizelopsar femoralis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sturnidae (Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Mount Kenya southward to Mount Meru and Mount KilimanjaroRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Arizelopsar femoralis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Abbott's Starling
- Described by
- (Richmond, CW, 1897)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pholidauges femoralis
- Described by
- (Richmond, CW, 1897)
- Type locality
- 6,000 feet on Mt. Kilimanjaro.
- Original description
- The Auk 14, no.2 p.160
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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