Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
               Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                 Order Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
                   Suborder Oscines see Suborder Passeres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
                     Family Sturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 - starlings
                       Subfamily Sturninae
                         Genus Lamprotornis Temminck, 1820
                           01 Lamprotornis purpureiceps (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851)
                           02 Lamprotornis corruscus Nordmann, 1835
                           03 Lamprotornis purpureus (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776)
                           04 Lamprotornis nitens (C. Linnaeus, 1766)
                           05 Lamprotornis chalcurus Nordmann, 1835
                           06 Lamprotornis chalybaeus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828
                           07 Lamprotornis chloropterus Swainson, 1838
                           08 Lamprotornis acuticaudus (Bocage, 1870)
                           09 Lamprotornis splendidus (Vieillot, 1822)
                           10 Lamprotornis australis (A. Smith, 1836)
                           11 Lamprotornis mevesii (Wahlberg, 1856)
                           12 Lamprotornis purpuropterus Rüppell, 1845 see Lamprotornis purpuroptera Rüppell, 1845
                           13 Lamprotornis caudatus (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776)