Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 30, 2018
Text last updated August 30, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | estornell de Shelley |
| Dutch | Shelleys Glansspreeuw |
| English | Shelley's Starling |
| English (United States) | Shelley's Starling |
| French | Choucador de Shelley |
| French (France) | Choucador de Shelley |
| German | Shelleyglanzstar |
| Japanese | ムラサキチャバラテリムク |
| Norwegian | akasiestær |
| Polish | błyszczak strojny |
| Russian | Эфиопский спрео |
| Serbian | Šelijev čvorak |
| Slovak | liskavec savanový |
| Spanish | Estornino de Shelley |
| Spanish (Spain) | Estornino de Shelley |
| Swedish | shelleyglansstare |
| Turkish | Shelley Sığırcığı |
| Ukrainian | Мерл сомалійський |
Lamprotornis shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
PROTONYM:
Spreo shelleyi
Sharpe, 1890. Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 13, p.187,190.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Somaliland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAMPROTORNIS
- shelleyi
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Shelley's Starling
