IRMNG - Lamprotornis Temminck, 1820

IRMNG taxon details

Lamprotornis Temminck, 1820

IRMNG_ID

1239596 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1239596)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sturnidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Lamportornis Gray, 1870 · unaccepted

Lampratornis Schinz in Cuvier, 1821 · unaccepted

Lamprornis Nitzsch, 1840 · unaccepted

Lamprothornis Kittlitz, 1838 · unaccepted

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Species Lamprotornis acuticaudus (Bocage, 1869)
Species Lamprotornis australis (Smith, 1836)
Species Lamprotornis caudatus (Muller, 1776)
Species Lamprotornis chalcurus Nordmann, 1835
Species Lamprotornis chalybaeus Ehrenberg, 1828
Species Lamprotornis chloropterus Swainson, 1838
Species Lamprotornis corruscus Nordmann, 1835
Species Lamprotornis cupreocauda (Hartlaub, 1857)
Species Lamprotornis elisabeth (Stresemann, 1924)
Species Lamprotornis hildebrandti (Cabanis, 1878)
Species Lamprotornis mevesii (Wahlberg, 1856)
Species Lamprotornis nitens (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Lamprotornis ornatus (Daudin, 1800)
Species Lamprotornis pulcher (Muller, 1776)
Species Lamprotornis purpureiceps (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851)
Species Lamprotornis purpureus (Muller, 1776)
Species Lamprotornis purpuropterus Ruppell, 1845
Species Lamprotornis shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
Species Lamprotornis splendidus (Vieillot, 1822)
Species Lamprotornis superbus Ruppell, 1845

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Man. Orn., ed. 2, 1, lv. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Lamprotornis Temminck, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1239596 on 2025-03-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (11)

original description Man. Orn., ed. 2, 1, lv. [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Lampratornis Schinz in Cuvier, 1821) in Cuvier, Thierr., 1
page(s): 527 [details]

original description (of Lamportornis Gray, 1870) Hand-List Birds, 2
page(s): 26 [details]

original description (of Lamprothornis Kittlitz, 1838) Kupfertaf. Nat. Vögel, (2
page(s): 11 [details]

original description (of Lamprornis Nitzsch, 1840) Pterylogr.
page(s): 117 [details]