Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | estornell de cap porpra |
Dutch | Purperkopglansspreeuw |
English | Purple-headed Starling |
English (United States) | Purple-headed Starling |
French | Choucador à tête pourprée |
French (France) | Choucador à tête pourprée |
German | Samtglanzstar |
Japanese | ムラサキズキンテリムク |
Norwegian | purpurhodeglansstær |
Polish | błyszczak purpurowogłowy |
Portuguese (Angola) | Estorninho-de-cabeça-aveludada |
Russian | Бархатный спрео |
Serbian | Čvorak ljubičaste glave |
Slovak | liskavec zamatový |
Spanish | Estornino Cabecipúrpura |
Spanish (Spain) | Estornino cabecipúrpura |
Swedish | purpurhuvad glansstare |
Turkish | Kadife Başlı Sığırcık |
Ukrainian | Мерл пурпуровоголовий |
Hylopsar purpureiceps (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851)
PROTONYM:
Lamprocolius purpureiceps
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 3, p.418.
TYPE LOCALITY:
West Africa [= Gabon].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HYLOPSAR
- purpureiceps
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Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps 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
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2020). Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps), 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.phgsta1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 1, 2009
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2009). Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps). 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.