| African starling | |
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| File:Lamprotornini diversity.png | |
| Diversity | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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[]
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