Onychognathus [morio or neumanni] (Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling)

Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling

Onychognathus [morio or neumanni] (= Onychognathus morio) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The red-winged starling is a bird of the starling family Sturnidae native to eastern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape in South Africa. An omnivorous, generalist species, it prefers cliffs and mountainous areas for nesting, and has moved into cities and towns due to similarity to its original habitat. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sturnidae
Genus:
   Onychognathus
Scientific:
  Onychognathus morio

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Turdus morio

Type locality:
Cape of Good Hope.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/301/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
8C2FFD9DE42360AD

Avibase ID:
avibase-8C2FFD9D

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8C2FFD9D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561671

Geographic range:

Onychognathus morio: rocky areas in mountains and in urban areas, Eritrea southward through eastern Africa southward to southern Cape of South Africa
Onychognathus morio morio: savanna of sub-Saharan Africa
Onychognathus morio rueppellii: Eritrea to Ethiopia and far northern Kenya
Onychognathus neumanni: rocky outcrops of Sahel zone in hills and mountains of southern Mauritania eastward to western Sudan and southward to Central African Republic
Onychognathus neumanni neumanni: northern Nigeria to Cameroon, Central African Republic, and western Sudan
Onychognathus neumanni modicus: Senegal to Mali and western Niger
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling
French:
Rufipenne morio ou R. de Neumann

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus [morio or neumanni])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Rufipenne morio ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: African Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): African Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Onychognathus morio [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Onychognathus morio [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Onychognathus morio [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Red-winged Starling ( Onychognathus morio) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Onychognathus morio [version 1]

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Afrikaans: Rooivlerkspreeu
Czech: Špacek rudokrídlý, špaček rudokřídlý
Danish: Rødvinget Sortstær
German: Rotschwingenstar, Rotschwingen-Star
English: Abyssinian Red-winged Starling, African Red-winged Starling, Crag Chestnut-winged Starling, East African Red-winged Starling, Elgon Red-winged Starling, Red winged Starling, Redwing, Red-wing, Redwing Starling, Red-winged or Neumann's Red-winged Starling, Redwinged Starling, Red-winged Starling, South African Red-winged Starling
Esperanto: Ruĝflugila sturno
Spanish: Estornino de Alas Rojas Africano
Finnish: Kalliorakkeli
French: Étourneau à bec robuste, Étourneau morio, Étourneau roupenne d'Alexander, Étourneau roupenne morio, Rufipenne morio, Rufipenne morio ou R. de Neumann, Sansonnet roupenne
Hungarian: rőtszárnyú dalosseregély
Italian: Storno alirosse, Storno alirosse africano
Japanese (romaji): akabaneterimuku
Japanese: アカバネテリムク
Scientific: Amydrus gracilirostris, Atropus moria, Onychognathus [morio or neumanni], Onychognathus gracilirostris, Onychognathus morio, Onychognathus morio morio, Spreo morio, Turdus morio
Lithuanian: Raudonsparnis ilgauodegis varnėnas
Dutch: Roodvleugelspreeuw
Norwegian: Rødvingestær
Polish: czarnotek rudoskrzydly, czarnotek rudoskrzydły
Portuguese: Estorninho-de-asa-vermelhas
Russian: Краснокрылый длиннохвостый скворец
Slovak: liskavec moriónový
Shona: Gwitso
Sotho, Southern: Letšoemila
Swedish: Rödvingad glansstare
Swahili: Kizole Bawa jekundu
Ukrainian: Моріо рудокрилий
Xhosa: Isomi
Chinese: 红翅椋鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 南非紅翅椋鳥
Zulu: iNsomi