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Ashy Starling

Lamprotornis unicolor (Shelley, GE 1881)

The ashy starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. It is alternatively placed in the genus Cosmopsarus or Spreo. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sturnidae
Genus:
   Lamprotornis
Scientific:
  Lamprotornis unicolor

Original description

Citation:
  (Shelley, GE 1881)

Reference:
   Ibis

Protonym:
  Cosmopsarus unicolor

Type locality:
  Ugogo, Tanganyika.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16251365

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6BFEA7BEC7C46223

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6BFEA7BE

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6BFEA7BE

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 915895

Geographic range:

  • Lamprotornis unicolor: Acacia woodlands of s Kenya and Tanzania
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Ashy Starling
Catalan:
estornell cendrós
Czech:
leskoptev popelavá
Danish:
Ensfarvet Glansstær
German:
Grauglanzstar
Spanish:
Estornino Cenizo
Spanish (Spain):
Estornino Cenizo
Finnish:
tuhkakottarainen
French:
Choucador cendré
Croatian:
pepeljasti čvorak
Hungarian:
egyszínű csőricse
Italian:
Storno cenerino
Japanese (romaji):
haiiroonagaterimuku
Japanese:
ハイイロオナガテリムク
Lithuanian:
pilkasis blizgusis varnėnas
Dutch:
Grijze Glansspreeuw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Oskestare
Norwegian:
Askestær
Polish:
błyszczak jednobarwny
Portuguese:
estorninho-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal):
estorninho-cinzento
Russian:
Шиферный спрео
Slovak:
liskavec popolavý
Serbian:
Pepeljasti čvorak
Swedish:
grå glansstare
Ukrainian:
Мерл попелястий
Chinese:
灰丽椋鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
純灰麗椋鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Choucador cendré ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Spréo cendré ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Clements 1st edition:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Clements, version 2021:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Clements, version 2022:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Clements, version 2023:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Clements 3rd edition:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Clements 4th edition:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 6th edition:
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
Clements, version 2015:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Clements, version 2016:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Clements, version 2017:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Clements, version 2018:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Clements, version 2019:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
eBird version 1.50:
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
eBird version 1.52:
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
eBird version 1.53:
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
eBird version 1.54:
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
eBird version 1.55:
Ashy Starling ( Spreo unicolor)
eBird version 2015:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
eBird version 2016:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
eBird version 2017:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
eBird version 2018:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
eBird version 2019:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
eBird version 2021:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
eBird version 2022:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
eBird version 2023:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Cosmopsarus unicolor
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Cosmopsarus unicolor
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Cosmopsarus unicolor
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Ashy Starling ( Cosmopsarus unicolor)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Ashy Starling ( Lamprotornis unicolor)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cosmopsarus unicolor
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Lamprotornis unicolor

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Other synonyms

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Asturian: Estornín gris
Bulgarian: Пепеляв скорец
Catalan: estornell cendrós
Czech: leskoptev popelavá, Špacek popelavý
Danish: Ensfarvet Glansstær
German: Grauglanzstar
English: Ashy Starling
English, HBW: Ashy Starling
English (IOC): Ashy Starling
English (United States): Ashy Starling
Esperanto: Cindrosturno
Spanish: Estornino Cenizo, Estornino Unicolor
Spanish (Spain): Estornino Cenizo
Spanish (HBW): Ashy Starling
Estonian: tuhk-kuldnokk
Finnish: Tuhkakottarainen
French: Choucador cendré, Étourneau cendré, Spréo cendré
Galician: Estorniño metálico unicolor
Croatian: pepeljasti čvorak
Hungarian: egyszínű csőricse
Italian: Storno cenerino
Japanese (romaji): haiirochoubiterimuku, haiiroonagaterimuku
Japanese: ハイイロオナガテリムク, ハイイロチョウビテリムク
Scientific: Cosmopsarus unicolor, Lamprotornis unicolor, Spreo unicolor
Lithuanian: pilkasis blizgusis varnėnas
Dutch: Grijze Glansspreeuw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Oskestare
Norwegian: Askestær
Polish: blyszczak jednobarwny, błyszczak jednobarwny
Portuguese: estorninho-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal): estorninho-cinzento
Russian: Серый спрео, Шиферный спрео
Slovak: liskavec popolavý
Serbian: Pepeljasti čvorak
Swedish: Enfärgad glansstare, grå glansstare
Swahili: Kwenzi Kijivu
Turkish: Kül rengi sığırcık
Ukrainian: Мерл попелястий
Chinese: 灰丽椋鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 純灰麗椋鳥

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