Slender-billed starling

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
Female (left) and male (right)

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Onychognathus
Species:
O. tenuirostris
Binomial name
Onychognathus tenuirostris
(Rüppell, 1836)
Subspecies
  • O. t. tenuirostris (Rüppell, 1836)
  • O. t. theresae Meinertzhagen, 1937[2]
Synonyms
  • Lamprotornis tenuirostris Rüppell, 1836[3]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Onychognathus tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710629A94254695. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710629A94254695.en.
  2. Meinertzhagen, R. (1937). "Descriptions of Six New Races from Kenya Colony". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 57 (399): 68.
  3. Rüppell, Eduard (1836) ["1835"]. "Lamprotornis tenuirostris. Rüppell". Vögl. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Frankfurt am Main: Siegmund Schmerber. p. 26; Pl. 10, Fig. 1.


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