Miombo blue-eared starling

The Miombo blue-eared starling (Lamprotornis elisabeth), also known as the southern blue-eared glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Miombo blue-eared starling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Lamprotornis
Species:
L. elisabeth
Binomial name
Lamprotornis elisabeth
(Stresemann, 1924)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Lamprotornis elisabeth". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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