Cape Starling
Lamprotornis nitens(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Cape Starling
The Cape Starling (Lamprotornis nitens) 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: acacia of western Gabon and Angola to South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lamprotornis nitens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cape Starling
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus nitens
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Angola.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.294
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Chestnut-bellied Starling
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