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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