Spreo

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Spreo
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Fischer's starling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Sturnidae
Genus:
Spreo

Lesson, 1831

Spreo is an alternative genus of starling in the family Sturnidae. They are now usually lumped in the genus Lamprotornis. It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Spreo albicapillus.jpg Spreo albicapillus White-crowned starling Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
Fisher's Starling - Samburu - Kenya S4E4497 (22382989627).jpg Spreo fischeri Fischer's starling southern Ethiopia and Somalia to eastern Kenya and Tanzania
Lamprotornis bicolor -Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Pretoria, South Africa -adult-8.jpg Spreo bicolor Pied starling South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
Cosmopsarus unicolor (Serengeti, 2009).jpg Spreo unicolor Ashy starling Kenya and Tanzania



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