Meves's Starling

Lamprotornis mevesii (Wahlberg, 1856) — also called Meves's Glossy-starling, Meves's Long-tailed Starling, MEST. Occurrence records of the Meves's Starling are shared on GBIF from around 6 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (2 045 records).

IUCN: Least concernSturnidae

6reserves with records

2 555records around them

1provinces

LCIUCN category

Meves's Starling (Lamprotornis mevesii) — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier area	LP Limpopo	2 045
Mapungubwe National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	401
MakulekeProtected area	LP Limpopo	78
Lanner GorgeProtected area	LP Limpopo	12
Venetia Limpopo Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	11
Matshakatini Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	8

By province

Limpopo: 6 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Scientific name: Lamprotornis mevesii
GBIF taxon: 2489086
Wikidata: Q908219

More of the Sturnidae family

Red-winged Starling Cape Starling Common Starling Common Myna Pied Starling Black-bellied Starling Violet-backed Starling Burchell's Starling Wattled Starling Greater Blue-eared Starling Pale-winged Starling

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.