Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
         oscines see Suborder Oscines
           Passerida - passeridans see Parvorder Passerida (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley et al., 1988
             Muscicapoidea
               Family Sturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 - starlings
                 Subfamily Sturninae
                   Genus Lamprotornis Temminck, 1820
                     01 Lamprotornis nitens (C. Linnaeus, 1766)
                     02 Lamprotornis chalybaeus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828
                     03 Lamprotornis chloropterus Swainson, 1838
                     04 Lamprotornis chalcurus Nordmann, 1835
                     05 Lamprotornis splendidus (Vieillot, 1822)
                     06 Lamprotornis ornatus (Daudin, 1800)
                     07 Lamprotornis iris (Oustalet, 1879)
                     08 Lamprotornis purpureus (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776)
                     09 Lamprotornis purpuroptera Rüppell, 1845
                     10 Lamprotornis caudatus (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776)
                     11 Lamprotornis regius (Reichenow, 1879)
                     12 Lamprotornis mevesii (Wahlberg, 1856)
                     13 Lamprotornis australis (A. Smith, 1836)
                     14 Lamprotornis acuticaudus (Bocage, 1870)
                     15 Lamprotornis corruscus Nordmann, 1835
                     16 Lamprotornis superbus Rüppell, 1845
                     17 Lamprotornis hildebrandti (Cabanis, 1878)
                     18 Lamprotornis shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
                     19 Lamprotornis pulcher (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776)
                     20 Lamprotornis purpureiceps (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851)
                     21 Lamprotornis cupreocauda (Hartlaub, 1857)
                     22 Lamprotornis unicolor (Shelley, 1881)
                     23 Lamprotornis fischeri (Reichenow, 1884)