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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.
Sharpe's starling | |
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Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Pholia Reichenow, 1900 |
Species: | P. sharpii |
Binomial name | |
Pholia sharpii (Jackson, 1898) | |
Synonyms | |
Poeoptera sharpii |
The common name and Latin binomial name commemorate the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[2]
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