Starlings (Sturnidae)
Emerald Starling (Lamprotornis iris) - HBW 14, p. 752
French: Choucador iris
German: Schillerglanzstar
Spanish: Estornino Esmeralda
Other common names: Emerald Glossy Starling, Iris Glossy Starling
Taxonomy: Coccycolius iris Oustalet, 1879, Los Islands, coast of Guinea, probably error = interior Guinea.
Sometimes placed in a monotypic genus Coccycolius. Monotypic.
Distribution: Guinea, N Sierra Leone and C Ivory Coast.
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A bird perched and flying away Locality Central Park Zoo, Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 July 2005 5 years ago 15 sec 3.1 -
A dorsal view of a bird perched. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 3 years ago 23 sec 3 -
A bird drinking and flying away Locality Hong Kong Zoo, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2002 5 years ago 5 sec 2.7
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An adult on the ground.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 5 July 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
A perched adult bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 7 October 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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