Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Lamprotornis Higher classification Lamprotornis | Phylum Chordata Family Sturnidae Scientific name Lamprotornis mevesii Rank Species | |
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Similar Starling, Bird, Lamprotornis, Burchell's starling, Sharp‑tailed starling | ||
Meves's starling or Meves's glossy-starling (Lamprotornis mevesii) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German ornithologist Friederich Wilhelm Meves.
References
Meves's starling Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA