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Actual Scientific name : French name English name
Buphagus erythrorhynchus caffer Pique-bœuf à bec rouge  Red-billed Oxpecker 
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi Etourneau améthyste  Violet-backed Starling 
Creatophora cinerea Etourneau caronculé  Wattled Starling 
Lamprotornis acuticaudus acuticaudus Merle métallique à longue queue  Sharp-tailed Glossy Starling 
Lamprotornis chalybaeus sycobius Merle métallique à oreillons bleus  Greater Blue-eared (Glossy) Starling 
Lamprotornis chloropterus elisabeth Merle métallique de Swainson  Lesser (Southern) Blue-eared (Glossy) Starling 
Lamprotornis splendidus bailundensis Grand merle métallique à œil blanc  Splendid Glossy Starling 
Onychognathus fulgidus hartlaubi Etourneau roupenne  Forest Chestnut-winged Starling 
Onychognathus morio rueppelli Etourneau à bec robuste (ou morio)  Red-winged Starling 
Onychognathus tenuirostris theresae Etourneau de montagne à bec court  Slender-billed Chestnut-winged Starling 
Onychognathus walleri elgonensis Etourneau de montagne à bec fin  Waller's Red-winged Starling 



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The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.

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