Socotra Starling
Onychognathus frater(Sclater, PL; Hartlaub, KJG, 1881)
English (US) Socotra Starling
The Socotra Starling (Onychognathus frater) 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: rocky hills of Socotra Island (off northeastern Somalia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Onychognathus frater
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Socotra Starling
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Hartlaub, KJG, 1881)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Amydrus frater
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Hartlaub, KJG, 1881)
- Type locality
- Socotra.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881, pt.1 p.171
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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