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Category:Poeoptera - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Poeoptera

Description

Small dark forest starlings from Africa.

Taxonomy

Poeoptera is a genus in the family Sturnidae.
Sharpe's Starling is also sometimes included in this genus.


Genus Poeoptera viewedit
P. femoralis Abbott's Starling
P. lugubris Narrow-tailed Starling
P. stuhlmanni Stuhlmann's Starling
P. kenricki Kenrick's Starling

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507

Recommended Citation

Pages in category ‘Poeoptera’

The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.

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