Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (28)
- Monotypic
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 20, 2013
Text last updated February 20, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Asturian | Estornín soberbiu |
Bulgarian | Великолепен скорец |
Catalan | estornell superb |
Chinese | 栗頭麗椋鳥 |
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 栗頭麗椋鳥 |
Croatian | plavoprsi čvorak |
Czech | leskoptev nádherná |
Dutch | Driekleurige glansspreeuw |
English | Superb Starling |
English (United States) | Superb Starling |
Estonian | hund-kuldnokk |
Finnish | loistokottarainen |
French | Choucador superbe |
French (Canada) | Choucador superbe |
Galician | Estorniño metálico soberbio |
German | Dreifarben-Glanzstar |
Icelandic | Skrautstari |
Japanese | ツキノワテリムク |
Norwegian | praktstær |
Polish | błyszczak rudobrzuchy |
Russian | Трёхцветный спрео |
Serbian | Riđotrbi čvorak |
Slovak | liskavec pestrý |
Spanish | Estornino Soberbio |
Spanish (Spain) | Estornino soberbio |
Swedish | brunbukig glansstare |
Turkish | Muhteşem Sığırcık |
Ukrainian | Мерл багатобарвний |
Lamprotornis superbus Rüppell, 1845
PROTONYM:
Lamprotornis superbus
Rüppell, 1845. Systematische Uebersicht der Vögel Nord-Ost-Afrika's nebst Abbildingen und Beschreibungen von fünfzig theils unbekannten, theils noch nicht bildlich dargestellten Arten, p.65,75 pl.26.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Shoa, Ethiopia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- LAMPROTORNIS
- superba / superbus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
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Distribution of the Superb Starling