Species profile
Sturnus tenuirostris
Sturnus tenuirostris
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COMMENTS: In the original description, Brehm named tenuirostris based on specimens sent him from Klagenfurt by von Hueber without designating a type. His label on the lectotype, designated by Hartert (1918 a: 10), noted that the male was collected with the female on 20 April 1837. AMNH 665640, the paralectotype, came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection and was exchanged to ZFMK.
- Scientific name
- Sturnus tenuirostris
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Sturnus
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