Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 18, 2019
Text last updated April 18, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootglansspreeu |
| Bulgarian | Чернобуз скорец |
| Catalan | estornell de Burchell |
| Croatian | plavi čvorak |
| Dutch | Grote glansspreeuw |
| English | Burchell's Starling |
| English (United States) | Burchell's Starling |
| Estonian | akaatsia-kuldnokk |
| Finnish | raitapyrstökottarainen |
| French | Choucador de Burchell |
| French (Canada) | Choucador de Burchell |
| German | Riesenglanzstar |
| Japanese | コシアカテリムク |
| Norwegian | storglansstær |
| Polish | błyszczak krępy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Estorninho de Burchell |
| Russian | Большой спрео |
| Serbian | Berčelov čvorak |
| Slovak | liskavec veľkokrídly |
| Spanish | Estornino de Burchell |
| Spanish (Spain) | Estornino de Burchell |
| Swedish | större glansstare |
| Turkish | Büyük Sığırcık |
| Ukrainian | Мерл великий |
| Zulu | ikhwezelikhulu |
Lamprotornis australis (Smith, 1836)
PROTONYM:
Megalopterus australis
Smith, 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa from the Cape of Good Hope (etc.), p.52.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Country north of Kurrichane, South Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- LAMPROTORNIS
- australe / australis
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Burchell's Starling
