Spot-winged Starling
Saroglossa spilopterus(Vigors, NA, 1831)
English (US) Spot-winged Starling
The Spot-winged Starling (Saroglossa spilopterus) 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: foothills of northern India and Nepal; winters to Myanmar and ThailandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Saroglossa spilopterus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spot-winged Starling
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1831)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Lamprotornis spilopterus
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1831)
- Type locality
- Himalayas, restricted to Simla- Almora district by Ticehurst and Whistler (1924, Ibis, p. 471).
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.3 p.35
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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