Brahminy Starling
Sturnia pagodarum(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Brahminy Starling
The Brahminy Starling (Sturnia pagodarum) 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: eastern Afghanistan to Bangladesh, southern Nepal, India, and Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sturnia pagodarum
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brahminy Starling
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus pagodarum
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Malabar and Coromandel.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.816
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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