Purple-headed Starling
Hylopsar purpureiceps(Verreaux, JP; Verreaux, JBÉ, 1851)
English (US) Purple-headed Starling
The Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps) 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: Guinea to Cameroon, Gabon, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and northwestern KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple-headed Starling
- Described by
- (Verreaux, JP; Verreaux, JBÉ, 1851)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lamprocolius purpureiceps
- Described by
- (Verreaux, JP; Verreaux, JBÉ, 1851)
- Type locality
- West Africa [= Gabon].
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 3 p.418
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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