Golden-breasted Starling
Lamprotornis regius(Reichenow, A, 1879)
English (US) Golden-breasted Starling
The Golden-breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius) 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: arid savanna of southern Ethiopia to Somalia, eastern Kenya, and northeastern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lamprotornis regius
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Golden-breasted Starling
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1879)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cosmopsarus regius
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1879)
- Type locality
- Massa, Tana River, Kenya.
- Original description
- Ornithologisches Centralblatt 4 p.108
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Bronze-tailed Starling
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Principe Starling
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Splendid Starling
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Pied Starling
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Chestnut-bellied Starling
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Superb Starling
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Fischer's Starling
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