White-faced Starling Sturnornis albofrontatus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2009
Text last updated January 1, 2009
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Белочел скорец |
| Catalan | estornell de Sri Lanka |
| Croatian | crnoleđi čvorak |
| Dutch | Maskerspreeuw |
| English | White-faced Starling |
| English (AVI) | White-faced Starling |
| English (United States) | White-faced Starling |
| Estonian | tseiloni kuldnokk |
| Finnish | srilankankottarainen |
| French | Étourneau de Ceylan |
| French (Canada) | Étourneau de Ceylan |
| German | Greisenstar |
| Japanese | シロガオムクドリ |
| Norwegian | hvitmaskestær |
| Polish | szpak białolicy |
| Russian | Ланкийский скворец |
| Serbian | Cejlonski čvorak |
| Slovak | škorec bielolíci |
| Spanish | Estornino Cingalés |
| Spanish (Spain) | Estornino cingalés |
| Swedish | ceylonstare |
| Turkish | Seylan Bal Sığırcığı |
| Ukrainian | Шпак цейлонський |
Sturnornis albofrontatus (Layard, 1854)
PROTONYM:
Heterornis albofrontata
Layard, 1854. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (2), 13, p.217.
TYPE LOCALITY:
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- STURNORNIS
- albofrontata / albofrontatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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
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Introduction
Subspecies
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-faced Starling
