Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
             Suborder Passeri see Suborder Passeres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
               Parvorder Passerida (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley et al., 1988
                 Superfamily Muscicapoidea
                   Family Sturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 - starlings
                     Tribe Sturnini Rafinesque, 1815 see Subfamily Sturninae
                       Genus Lamprotornis Temminck, 1820
                         01 Lamprotornis cupreocauda (Hartlaub, 1857)
                         02 Lamprotornis purpureiceps (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851)
                         03 Lamprotornis corruscus Nordmann, 1835
                         04 Lamprotornis purpureus (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776)
                         05 Lamprotornis nitens (C. Linnaeus, 1766)
                         06 Lamprotornis chalcurus Nordmann, 1835
                         07 Lamprotornis chalybaeus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828
                         08 Lamprotornis chloropterus Swainson, 1838
                         09 Lamprotornis elisabeth (Stresemann, 1924) see Lamprotornis chloropterus elisabeth
                         10 Lamprotornis acuticaudus (Bocage, 1870)
                         11 Lamprotornis splendidus (Vieillot, 1822)
                         12 Lamprotornis ornatus (Daudin, 1800)
                         13 Lamprotornis australis (A. Smith, 1836)
                         14 Lamprotornis mevesii (Wahlberg, 1856)
                         15 Lamprotornis caudatus (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776)
                         16 Lamprotornis purpuropterus Rüppell, 1845 see Lamprotornis purpuroptera Rüppell, 1845
                         17 Lamprotornis superbus Rüppell, 1845
                         18 Lamprotornis pulcher (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776)
                         19 Lamprotornis shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
                         20 Lamprotornis hildebrandti (Cabanis, 1878)