Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica Scientific name definitions
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (5)
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 15, 2013
Text last updated July 15, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | estornell llustrós |
| 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
The Key to Scientific Names
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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
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Metallic Starling
