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Lamprotornis albicapillus  (Blyth, 1855)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 915898

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Spreo albicapillus Blyth, 1855
  
  Common Name(s): Spréo à calotte blanche [French]
  
    estorninho-de-coroa-branca [Portuguese]
  
    Estornino coroniblanco [Spanish]
  
    White-crowned Starling [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  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 albicapillus (Blyth, 1855) – Spréo à calotte blanche, estorninho-de-coroa-branca, Estornino coroniblanco, White-crowned Starling  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesLamprotornis albicapillus albicapillus (Blyth, 1855)  
                                     SubspeciesLamprotornis albicapillus horrensis (Keith, 1964)  
       

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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 albicapillus, White-crowned Starling [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: White-crowned Starling[English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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