Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | leskoptev fialová |
Dutch | Purperglansspreeuw |
English | Purple Starling |
English (United States) | Purple Starling |
French | Choucador pourpré |
French (France) | Choucador pourpré |
German | Purpurglanzstar |
Icelandic | Purpurastari |
Japanese | ムラサキテリムクドリ |
Norwegian | purpurglansstær |
Polish | błyszczak purpurowy |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Estorninho-metálico-de-cauda-curta |
Russian | Пурпурный спрео |
Serbian | Ljubičasti čvorak |
Slovak | liskavec purpurový |
Spanish | Estornino Purpúreo |
Spanish (Spain) | Estornino purpúreo |
Swedish | purpurglansstare |
Turkish | Erguvani Parlak Sığırcık |
Ukrainian | Мерл пурпуровий |
Lamprotornis purpureus (Müller, 1776)
PROTONYM:
Turdus purpureus
Müller, 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs, p.143.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Juida [= Dahomey, West Africa].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAMPROTORNIS
- purpureus
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Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus 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
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2020). Purple Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus), 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.pugsta1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 1, 2009
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2009). Purple Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus). 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.