Hildebrandt's starling / Hildebrandt-Glanzstar (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)

Wikipedia: Hildebrandt's starling Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Lamprotornis_hildebrandti_-Tanzania-8-2c.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Lamprotornis (Lamprotornis); Family Starlings (Sturnidae)
General: Hildebrandt's starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It forms a superspecies with and has previously been included in the same species as Shelley's starling, a migratory species ranging from Ethiopia and Somalia to Kenya. Both of these species have also been combined into a superspecies with the chestnut-bellied starling of West Africa.^[2] It was originally placed in the now defunct genus Notauges.^[3] The species is named for Johann Maria Hildebrandt, a German collector who was the first European to obtain specimens.^[4] [more]