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Lesser Blue-eared Starling
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Genus: Lamprotornis

[edit] Description

Glossy Starlings; all from Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Lamprotornis is a genus in the family Sturnidae.
There is some uncertainity about the placement of some species:

• Ashy Starling and Golden-breasted Starling are sometimes placed in their own genus Cosmopsarus
• Black-bellied Glossy Starling is sometimes placed in its own genus Notopholia
• Purple-headed Glossy Starling and Copper-tailed Glossy Starling are sometimes placed in their own genus Hylopsar
• Both species of the genus Spreo are sometimes placed in this genus.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507

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