Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Kleinglansspreeu |
Catalan | estornell del Cap |
Czech | leskoptev savanová |
Dutch | Roodschouderglansspreeuw |
English | Cape Starling |
English (South Africa) | Cape (Glossy) Starling |
English (United States) | Cape Starling |
French | Choucador à épaulettes rouges |
French (France) | Choucador à épaulettes rouges |
German | Rotschulter-Glanzstar |
Icelandic | Skrúðstari |
Japanese | アカガタテリムク |
Norwegian | grønnglansstær |
Polish | błyszczak lśniący |
Portuguese (Angola) | Estorninho do Cabo |
Russian | Капский спрео |
Serbian | Kapski čvorak |
Slovak | liskavec akáciový |
Spanish | Estornino de El Cabo |
Spanish (Spain) | Estornino de El Cabo |
Swedish | grönglansstare |
Turkish | Kap Sığırcığı |
Ukrainian | Мерл капський |
Lamprotornis nitens (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Turdus nitens
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] ed.12, p.294.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Angola.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAMPROTORNIS
- nitens
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Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens Scientific name definitions
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2009
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2009
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2020). Cape Starling (Lamprotornis nitens), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.capgls1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 1, 2009
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2009). Cape Starling (Lamprotornis nitens). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.