Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Groot-blouoorglansspreeu |
| Asturian | Estornñn dñoreya azul |
| Bulgarian | Голям синьоух скорец |
| Catalan | estornell d'orelles blaves |
| Czech | leskoptev kovová |
| Dutch | Groenstaartglansspreeuw |
| English | Greater Blue-eared Starling |
| English (United States) | Greater Blue-eared Starling |
| French | Choucador à oreillons bleus |
| French (France) | Choucador à oreillons bleus |
| Galician | Estorniño metálico azul |
| German | Grünschwanz-Glanzstar |
| Japanese | セイキムクドリ |
| Norwegian | blåøreglansstær |
| Polish | błyszczak stalowy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Estorninho-grande-d'orelha-azul |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Estorninho-metálico-lamurioso |
| Russian | Синеухий спрео |
| Serbian | Veliki plavouhi čvorak |
| Slovak | liskavec kovový |
| Spanish | Estornino Orejiazul |
| Spanish (Spain) | Estornino orejiazul |
| Swedish | blåkindad glansstare |
| Turkish | Büyük Mavikulak Sığırcık |
| Ukrainian | Мерл зелений |
Lamprotornis chalybaeus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828
PROTONYM:
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828. Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongolam Syrian Arabiam et Habessianiam publico institutis (etc.) (1828), sig.y(1833), pl.10(1828).
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ambukol, Dongola district, Sudan. (This locality is somewhat north of the usual range of the species and the type, an immature, was presumably a straggler from farther south.)
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAMPROTORNIS
- chalybaeus
- Chalybaeus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus Scientific name definitions
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 27, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 27, 2018
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2020). Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), 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.gbesta1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 27, 2018
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2018). Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus). 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.
