Kenrick's Starling
Poeoptera kenricki Shelley, 1894
Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises
Kenrick's Starling, Poeoptera kenricki, is a starling of Kenya and Tanzania in the family Sturnidae. It breeds in the area around Mount Kenya and in the east and north-east of Tanzania, including the Usambara and Uluguru Mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru. It was first described by Shelley in 1894. The species is placed in the genus Poeoptera. Two subspecies are recognised, one from the montane forests of Tanzania and one from the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises
- Breeding range
- Africa: Kenya and Tanzania
