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 LC    Purple-headed Glossy-Starling* Id (Atlas):
    Hylopsar purpureiceps

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Purple-headed Starling, Purple-headed Glossy-Starling, Velvet-headed Glossy Starling

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, Uganda.

Southern Nigeria and southern Cameroon east to southern Central African Republic, Uganda and western Kenya, south to northern Angola (Cabinda) and south-west, northern and north-eastern DRCongo.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

 
Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps) [XC739712]
     by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (call)

 
Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps) [XC739710]
     by Peter Boesman from Budongo Eco lodge, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Copper-tailed Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Purple-headed Glossy-Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps) - 10 files


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