Ashy Starling
Lamprotornis unicolor(Shelley, GE, 1881)
English (US) Ashy Starling
The Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor) 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 woodland of southern Kenya and TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lamprotornis unicolor
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ashy Starling
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1881)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cosmopsarus unicolor
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1881)
- Type locality
- Ugogo, Tanganyika.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.5, no.17 p.116
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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