Sharpe's starling
Species of bird
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Sharpe's starling (Pholia sharpii) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[1] It is monotypic in the genus Pholia.
| Sharpe's starling | |
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| Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Pholia Reichenow, 1900 |
| Species: | P. sharpii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pholia sharpii (Jackson, 1898) | |
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Poeoptera sharpii | |
The common name and Latin binomial name commemorate the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[2]
