White-faced Starling
Sturnornis albofrontatus(Layard, EL, 1854)
English (US) White-faced Starling
The White-faced Starling (Sturnornis albofrontatus) 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: forest of wet zone of southwestern Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sturnornis albofrontatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- White-faced Starling
- Described by
- (Layard, EL, 1854)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Heterornis albofrontata
- Described by
- (Layard, EL, 1854)
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.2, vol.13, no.75 p.217
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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