Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbusRüppell, WPES, 1845
English (US) Superb Starling
The Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) 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: southeastern South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, northern Uganda, Kenya, and TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lamprotornis superbus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Superb Starling
- Described by
- Rüppell, WPES, 1845
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Rüppell, WPES, 1845
- Type locality
- Shoa, Ethiopia.
- Original description
- Systematische Uebersicht der Vögel Nord-Ost-Afrika's nebst Abbildingen und Beschreibungen von fünfzig theils unbekannten, theils noch nicht bildlich dargestellten Arten p.65,75 pl.26
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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