Shelley's starling
| Shelley's starling | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. shelleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamprotornis shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890) | |
Shelley's starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate George Ernest Shelley, an English ornithologist and nephew of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Lamprotornis shelleyi". 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. Christopher Helm. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-7136-6647-2. OCLC 54616507.