Waller's starling

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Waller's starling
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Onychognathus
Species:
O. walleri
Binomial name
Onychognathus walleri
(Shelley, 1880)

Waller's starling (Onychognathus walleri) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

It is native to the Western High Plateau and Bioko, the Albertine Rift montane forests, the East African montane forests and the Eastern Arc forests.

The common name and scientific name commemorates the English naturalist Gerald Waller. [2]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Onychognathus walleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22710595A94253081. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710595A94253081.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 358.