Meves's starling

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.

Meves's starling
In Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Lamprotornis
Species:
L. mevesii
Binomial name
Lamprotornis mevesii
(Wahlberg, 1856)

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German ornithologist Friederich Wilhelm Meves.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Lamprotornis mevesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 233.


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