Spreo
Fischer's starling
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Spreo

Lesson, 1831

Spreo is an alternative genus of starling in the family Sturnidae. They are now usually lumped in the genus Lamprotornis.[1] It contains the following species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Spreo albicapillusWhite-crowned starlingDjibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
Spreo fischeriFischer's starlingsouthern Ethiopia and Somalia to eastern Kenya and Tanzania
Spreo bicolor [2]Pied starlingSouth Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
Spreo unicolorAshy starlingKenya and Tanzania
Spreo pulcher[3] Chestnut-bellied starling Burkina Faso and western Africa

References

  1. Zuccon, Dario; Cibois, Alice; Pasquet, Eric; Ericson, Per G. P. (2006-11-01). "Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data reveal the major lineages of starlings, mynas and related taxa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (2): 333–344. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.007. ISSN 1055-7903.
  2. Sweijd, Neville; Craig, Adrian J. F. K. (1991). "Histological Basis of Age-Related Changes in Iris Color in the African Pied Starling (Spreo bicolor)". The Auk. 108 (1): 53–59. ISSN 0004-8038.
  3. Wilkinson, R.; Brown, A. E. (1984). "Effect of Helpers on the Feeding Rates of Nestlings in the Chestnut-Bellied Starling Spreo pulcher". Journal of Animal Ecology. 53 (1): 301–310. doi:10.2307/4358. ISSN 0021-8790.


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