Shelley's starling
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Lamprotornis shelleyi

Shelley's starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi ) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in East Africa, within the borders of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, and Tanzania.

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The common name and Latin binomial commemorate George Ernest Shelley, an English ornithologist and nephew of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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References

1. Shelley's starling Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley's_starling
2. Shelley's starling on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22710775/94260002
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/300370

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