Sharp-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus)

Other Names (World)
Sharp-tailed Starling, Sharp-tailed Glossy-Starling

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Barboza du Bocage, 1870)

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Namibia, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Sharp-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus) [XC508956]
by Peter Boesman from Kalwelwa area, Mwinilunga, North-Western province, Zambia (call)

Sharp-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus) [XC508959]
by Dries Van de Loock from Kalwelwa area, Mwinilunga, North-Western province, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

acuticaudus (Barboza du Bocage, 1870) - Central Angola (south to south-central Hu��la), southern DRCongo, western and northern Zambia and south-western Tanzania.
ecki Clancey, 1980 - Southern Angola, north-eastern Namibia and extreme north-western Botswana.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sharp-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus) - 10 files

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