African starling

African starling
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Diversity
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Inopinaves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Superfamily:	Muscicapoidea
Clade:	Starling clade
Family:	Sturnidae
Subfamily:	Sturninae
Tribe:	Lamprotornini Swainson, 1831
Species
Notopholia Hylopsar Saroglossa Neocichla Grafisia Speculipastor Pholia Poeoptera Lamprotornis

African starlings, tribe Lamprotornini is a tribe of starlings in the Sturnidae family and Sturninae subfamily.

Taxonomy

Species

• Genus Notopholia (sometimes placed in Lamprotornis)
  • Black-bellied Starling, Notopholia corrusca

• Genus Hylopsar (2 species)
  • Purple-headed Starling, Hylopsar purpureiceps
  • Copper-tailed Starling, Hylopsar cupreocauda

• Genus Saroglossa (possibly paraphyletic)
  • Spot-winged Starling, Saroglossa spiloptera

• Genus Neocichla
  • Babbling Starling, Neocichla gutturalis

• Genus Grafisia
  • White-collared Starling, Grafisia torquata

• Genus Speculipastor
  • Magpie Starling, Speculipastor bicolor

• Genus Pholia
  • Sharpe's Starling, Poeoptera sharpii

• Genus Poeoptera (formerly Pholia, sometimes included in Cinnyricinclus)
  • Abbott's Starling, Poeoptera femoralis
  • Narrow-tailed Starling, Poeoptera lugubris
  • Stuhlmann's Starling, Poeoptera stuhlmanni
  • Kenrick's Starling, Poeoptera kenricki

• Genus Lamprotornis—typical glossy-starlings (20 species; monophyly requires confirmation)
  • Hildebrandt's Starling, Lamprotornis hildebrandti
  • Emerald Starling, Lamprotornis iris
  • Shelley's Starling, Lamprotornis shelleyi
  • Burchell's Starling, Lamprotornis australis
  • Rueppell's Starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera
  • Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Lamprotornis caudatus
  • Meves's Starling, Lamprotornis mevesii
  • Ashy Starling, Lamprotornis unicolor (sometimes placed in Spreo and Cosmopsarus)
  • Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Lamprotornis chloropterus
  • Miombo Blue-eared Starling, Lamprotornis elisabeth
  • Sharp-tailed Starling, Lamprotornis acuticaudus
  • Greater Blue-eared Starling, Lamprotornis chalybaeus
  • Emerald Starling, Lamprotornis iris
  • Purple Starling, Lamprotornis purpureus
  • Cape Starling, Lamprotornis nitens
  • Bronze-tailed Starling, Lamprotornis chalcurus
  • Splendid Starling, Lamprotornis splendidus
  • Principe Starling, Lamprotornis ornatus
  • Golden-breasted Starling, Lamprotornis regius (sometimes placed in Cosmopsarus)
  • Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus
  • Chestnut-bellied Starling, Lamprotornis pulcher
  • Pied Starling, Lamprotornis bicolor (sometimes placed in Spreo)
  • Fischer's Starling, Lamprotornis fischeri (sometimes placed in Spreo)
  • White-crowned Starling, Lamprotornis albicapillus (sometimes placed in Spreo)

Description

References

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