Meves's starling
| Meves's starling | |
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| In Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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| native range | |
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 Friedrich Wilhelm Meves.[2]
Gallery
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Juvenile bird in the Kruger Park -
Adult bird showing coppery iridescence on flank plumage
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
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- Meves's starling = Longtailed Starling - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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