Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
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
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Purperkopglansspreeuw |
| English | Purple-headed Starling |
| English (United States) | Purple-headed Starling |
| French | Choucador à tête pourprée |
| French (French Guiana) | 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, J & Verreaux, E", 1851)
PROTONYM:
Lamprocolius purpureiceps
"Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E", 1851. Rev.Mag.Zool. (2), 3, p.418.
TYPE LOCALITY:
West Africa [= Gabon].
Definitions
- HYLOPSAR
- purpureiceps
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Purple-headed Starling