Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Dutch | Violette Purperspreeuw |
English | Metallic Starling |
English (United States) | Metallic Starling |
French | Stourne luisant |
French (France) | Stourne luisant |
German | Weberstar |
Icelandic | Vefarastari |
Indonesian | Perling ungu |
Japanese | オナガテリカラスモドキ |
Norwegian | metallstær |
Polish | skworczyk towarzyski |
Russian | Металлический скворец |
Serbian | Metalik čvorak |
Slovak | majna družná |
Spanish | Estornino Lustroso |
Spanish (Spain) | Estornino lustroso |
Swedish | metallstare/violetthuvad stare |
Turkish | Metalik Sığırcık |
Ukrainian | Шпак-малюк блискітливий |
Aplonis metallica (Temminck, 1824)
PROTONYM:
Lamprotornis metallicus
Temminck, 1824. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.45, pl.266.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Timor and Celebes [error = Ambon].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- APLONIS
- metallica / metallicus
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Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica Scientific name definitions
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 15, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 15, 2013
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2020). Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica), 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.metsta1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 15, 2013
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2013). Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica). 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.