Biology:Waller's starling
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Short description: Species of bird
Waller's starling | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Onychognathus |
Species: | O. walleri
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Binomial name | |
Onychognathus walleri (Shelley, 1880)
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Waller's starling (Onychognathus walleri) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
The common name and scientific name commemorates the English naturalist Gerald Waller.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Onychognathus walleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22710595A94253081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710595A94253081.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22710595/94253081. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 358.
Wikidata ☰ Q3315211 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waller's starling.
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