Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio - Rufipenne morio
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Sturnidés
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Genus:
Onychognathus
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Species:
morio
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 30 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 115 à 155 g
Geographic range
Identification
Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio) is a species of bird in the Sturnidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Onychognathus morio morio (Uganda and Kenya to Botswana and s South Africa)
- Onychognathus morio rueppellii (s Sudan to c Ethiopia and n Kenya)
Foreign names
- Rufipenne morio,
- Estornino alirrojo,
- estorninho-de-asa-castanha,
- Rotschwingenstar,
- rőtszárnyú dalosseregély,
- Roodvleugelspreeuw,
- Storno alirosse,
- rödvingad glansstare,
- Rødvingestær,
- liskavec moriónový,
- špaček rudokřídlý,
- Rødvinget Sortstær,
- kalliorakkeli,
- Rooivlerkspreeu,
- estornell ala-roig,
- czarnotek rudoskrzydły,
- Краснокрылый длиннохвостый скворец,
- アカバネテリムク,
- 红翅椋鸟,
- 南非紅翅椋鳥,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Starlings and Mynas, FEARE Chris
- Vol. 3 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
- Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Dale A Zimmerman, Donald A Turner, David J Pearson
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- HBW Alive,
- Wikipedia (English version),
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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