Meves's Starling

Lamprotornis mevesii - Choucador de Meves

Choucador de Meves
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Sturnidés

  • Genus
    :

    Lamprotornis

  • Species
    :

    mevesii

Descriptor

Wahlberg, 1856

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 30 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 56 à 77 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Choucador de Meves
Choucador de Meves
adult plum. breeding

Meves's Starling (Lamprotornis mevesii) is a species of bird in the Sturnidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Lamprotornis mevesii mevesii (s Zambia and s Malawi to n Botswana and n South Africa)
  • Lamprotornis mevesii benguelensis (sw Angola)
  • Lamprotornis mevesii violacior (s Angola and n Namibia)

Foreign names

  • Choucador de Meves,
  • Estornino de Meves,
  • estorninho-rabilongo-azul,
  • Mevesglanzstar,
  • Meves-fényseregély,
  • Meves' Langstaartglansspreeuw,
  • Storno splendente di Meves,
  • mevesglansstare,
  • Mopaneglansstær,
  • liskavec tmavý,
  • leskoptev baobabová,
  • Mopaneglansstær,
  • peitsipyrstökottarainen,
  • Langstertglansspreeu,
  • estornell de Meves,
  • błyszczak ciemny,
  • Мевесов блестящий скворец,
  • シマオオナガテリムク,
  • 米氏辉椋鸟,
  • mevesglansstare,
  • 長尾輝椋鳥,

Voice song and call

Choucador de Meves
adult

Habitat

Choucador de Meves
adult

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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