Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Sturnidae > Lamprotornis > Lamprotornis mevesiiLamprotornis mevesii (Meves's Starling)Meves's starling or Meves's glossy-starling (Lamprotornis mevesii) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German ornithologist Friederich Wilhelm Meves. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.15309 EDGE Score: 1.96755 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 80 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 6.3 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 71 grams | | Male Weight [1] | 89 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 25.4 % |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | | Diet - Fruit [3] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 80 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 80 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 4 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Angolan Miombo woodlands |
Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Angolan Mopane woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands |
Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Namibian savanna woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Southern Africa bushveld |
Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Zambezian halophytics |
Mozambique, Botswana |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bicuari National Park |
Angola |
A3 |
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Chizarira National Park |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A3 |
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Chobe National Park |
Botswana |
A3, A4i |
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Eastern Caprivi wetlands |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Epupa: Ruacana |
Namibia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Etosha National Park |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Headwaters of the Cahora Bassa Dam |
Mozambique |
A3 |
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Hwange National Park |
Zimbabwe |
A3 |
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Kafue flats |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Kafue National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Kruger National Park and adjacent areas |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Lake Ngami |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Linyanti swamp/Chobe river |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Liwonde National Park |
Malawi |
A3 |
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Lower Zambezi National Park |
Zambia |
A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Machile |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Mahango Game Reserve and Kavango river |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Makgadikgadi Pans |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Mavuradonha Mountains |
Zimbabwe |
A3 |
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Middle Zambezi Valley |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Mupa National Park |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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North Luangwa National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Okavango Delta |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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South Luangwa National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Tundavala |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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