Sharpe's starling (Pholia sharpii) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[1] It is monotypic in the genus Pholia.
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| Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Pholia Reichenow, 1900 |
| Species: | P. sharpii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pholia sharpii (Jackson, 1898)
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Poeoptera sharpii | |
The common name and Latin binomial name commemorate the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b BirdLife International. (2018). "Pholia sharpii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710783A131881229. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710783A131881229.en. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 309.
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