Sharpe's starling
| Sharpe's starling | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Cinnyricinclus |
| Species: | C. sharpii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cinnyricinclus sharpii (Jackson, 1898) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Pholia sharpii | |
Sharpe's starling (Cinnyricinclus sharpii) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The common name and Latin binomial name commemorate the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Cinnyricinclus sharpii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 309.