Kenrick's Starling
Poeoptera kenrickiShelley, GE, 1894
English (US) Kenrick's Starling
The Kenrick's Starling (Poeoptera kenricki) 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.
- Scientific name
- Poeoptera kenricki
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Kenrick's Starling
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1894
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Poeoptera kenricki bensoni
- Poeoptera kenricki kenricki
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Paeoptera kenricki
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1894
- Type locality
- Usambara Mountains, Tanganyika.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 3 p.42
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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