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the web of life in southern Africa

Lamprotornis (glossy starlings)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Sturnidae

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Lamprotornis acuticaudus (Sharp-tailed starling) 

 

Lamprotornis australis (Burchell's starling) 

Lamprotornis chalybaeus (Greater Blue-eared starling) 

Lamprotornis corruscus (Black-bellied starling) 

Lamprotornis elisabeth (Miombo Blue-eared starling, Lesser blue-eared starling) 

Lamprotornis mevesii (Meves's starling, Long-tailed starling) 

Lamprotornis nitens (Cape Glossy starling, Glossy starling)