The slender-billed starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.[1]
Slender-billed starling | |
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Female (left) and male (right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Onychognathus |
Species: | O. tenuirostris
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Binomial name | |
Onychognathus tenuirostris (Rüppell, 1836)
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References
edit- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Onychognathus tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710629A94254695. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710629A94254695.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Meinertzhagen, R. (1937). "Descriptions of Six New Races from Kenya Colony". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 57 (399): 68.
- ^ Rüppell, Eduard (1836) ["1835"]. "Lamprotornis tenuirostris. Rüppell". Vögl. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Frankfurt am Main: Siegmund Schmerber. p. 26.