Shelley's starling
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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. shelleyi |
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| Lamprotornis shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890) | |
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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