Sharpe's starling
Sharpe's starling (Poeoptera sharpii) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
| Sharpe's starling | |
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| Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Poeoptera |
| Species: | P. sharpii |
| Binomial name | |
| Poeoptera sharpii (Jackson, 1898) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pholia sharpii | |
The common name and Latin binomial name commemorate the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[2]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Cinnyricinclus sharpii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 309.
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