Burchell's starling

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Burchell's starling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Sturnidae
Genus:
Lamprotornis
Species:
L. australis
Binomial name
Lamprotornis australis
(Smith, 1836)

Burchell's starling or Burchell's glossy-starling (Lamprotornis australis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell.[2]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 72.

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