metallic starling, shining starling (Aplonis metallica)

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Result: 1363^rd of 1524

Subject:	metallic starling, shining starling (Aplonis metallica)
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Description
Lamprotornis metallica
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Temminck pl. col. 266
Old Latin name Lamprotornis metallica
New Latin name Aplonis metallica
Common name Nederlands: Violette purperspreeuw
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamprotornis_metallica_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15800161.tif

The metallic starling (Aplonis metallica), also known as shining starling, is a bird in the starling family. It is native of the Moluccas, New Guinea, Queensland and the Solomon Islandss.

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Scientific Name: Aplonis metallica (Temminck, 1824) Common Names: Metallic Starling, Shining Starling, Colonial Starling Synonyms: Aplornis metallica metallica Christidis and Boles (2008) French: Stourne luisant German: Weberstar Spanish: Estornino Lustroso Taxonomy: Lamprotornis metallica Temminck, 1824, “Timor and Celebes“= Ambon.

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