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Lamprotornis purpuroptera  Rüppell, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 915893

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Lamprotornis purpuropterus Rüppell, 1845
  
  Common Name(s): Rüppell's Starling [English]
  
    Choucador de Rüppell [French]
  
    estorninho-de-cabeça-preta [Portuguese]
  
    estorninho-de-rüppell [Portuguese]
  
    Estornino de Rüppell [Spanish]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilySturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 – étourneaux, starlings  
                               GenusLamprotornis Temminck, 1820  
                                  SpeciesLamprotornis purpuroptera Rüppell, 1845 – Rüppell's Starling, Choucador de Rüppell, estorninho-de-cabeça-preta, estorninho-de-rüppell, Estornino de Rüppell  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesLamprotornis purpuroptera aeneocephalus Heuglin, 1863  
                                     SubspeciesLamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera Rüppell, 1845  
       

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  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Lamprotornis purpuroptera, Rüppell's Starling [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rüppell, Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon   
  Publication Date: 1845   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematische Uebersicht der Vögel Nord-Ost-Afrika's nebst Abbildingen und Beschreibungen von fünfzig theils unbekannten, theils noch nicht bildlich dargestellten Arten   
  Page(s): vii+140+50 pll   
  Publisher: In Commission der S. Schmerber'schen Buchhandlung   
  Publication Place: Frankfurt, Germany   
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35997993   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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