Meves's starling
| Meves's starling | |
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| In Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. mevesii
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| Binomial name | |
| Lamprotornis mevesii (Wahlberg, 1856)
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Meves's starling (Lamprotornis mevesii) or Meves's glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German ornithologist .[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lamprotornis mevesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103871956A94258807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103871956A94258807.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 233.
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External links[]
- Meves's starling = Longtailed Starling - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Lamprotornis
- Birds of Southern Africa
- Birds described in 1856
- Taxa named by Johan August Wahlberg
- Sturnidae stubs