Shelley's starling
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. shelleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lamprotornis shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
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Shelley's starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in East Africa, within the borders of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, and Tanzania.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate George Ernest Shelley, an English ornithologist and nephew of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lamprotornis shelleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710775A94260002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710775A94260002.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. Christopher Helm. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-7136-6647-2. OCLC 54616507.
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