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 on the ground, turning around, scratching the head and preening. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 35 weeks ago 32 sec 3.6 -
An individual eating mealworms on the ground and flying off. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 35 weeks ago 21 sec 3.4 -
A bird moving on the ground. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 35 weeks ago 22 sec 3.3 -
A bird on the ground, catching mealworms and eating them. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 35 weeks ago 22 sec 3.2 -
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 6 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
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A bird on the ground.
Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 4 -
An adult on the ground.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 5 July 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Adult bird on a branch.
Locality Paultons Park, Ower, Hampshire, England, Great Britain
Tomasz Doroń 31 July 2010 37 weeks ago 3.8 -
A perched adult bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 7 October 2009 3 years ago 2.5
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Calls by one bird. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 35 weeks ago 4
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