Lamprotornis
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lamprotornis-197-8682658
title:
Lamprotornis
text:
Lamprotornis is a large genus of glossy-starlings all of which occur in Africa south of the Sahara. They have glossy blue or green upper parts, which is due to hollow melanin granules arranged in a single layer near the feather barbule's surface. This unique arrangement led to some glossy starlings formerly placed in the genus Spreo being transferred to Lamprotornis, since they shared this feature. The genus Lamprotornis was introduce by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck
in 1820. The t
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Genus of birds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprotornis
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-04T04:38:48Z
main entity:
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image:
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13
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