Spreo

Spreo
Fischer's starling
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Spreo

Lesson, 1831

Spreo is an alternative genus of starling in the family Sturnidae. They are now usually lumped in the genus Lamprotornis.[1] It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Spreo albicapillus White-crowned starling Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
Spreo fischeri Fischer's starling southern Ethiopia and Somalia to eastern Kenya and Tanzania
Spreo bicolor [2] Pied starling South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
Spreo unicolor Ashy starling Kenya and Tanzania
Spreo pulcher[3] Chestnut-bellied starling Burkina Faso and western Africa
  1. ^ Zuccon, Dario; Cibois, Alice; Pasquet, Eric; Ericson, Per G. P. (2006-11-01). "Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data reveal the major lineages of starlings, mynas and related taxa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (2): 333–344. Bibcode:2006MolPE..41..333Z. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.007. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 16806992.
  2. ^ Sweijd, Neville; Craig, Adrian J. F. K. (1991). "Histological Basis of Age-Related Changes in Iris Color in the African Pied Starling (Spreo bicolor)". The Auk. 108 (1): 53–59. ISSN 0004-8038. JSTOR 4088047.
  3. ^ Wilkinson, R.; Brown, A. E. (1984). "Effect of Helpers on the Feeding Rates of Nestlings in the Chestnut-Bellied Starling Spreo pulcher". Journal of Animal Ecology. 53 (1): 301–310. Bibcode:1984JAnEc..53..301W. doi:10.2307/4358. ISSN 0021-8790. JSTOR 4358.