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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
22/05/2024 03:16:19 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Purple-headed Glossy-Starling*
Id (Atlas):
Hylopsar purpureiceps
Description (10 )
Purple-headed Glossy-Starling
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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.
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)... )
Listen to XC617307
Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps ) [XC617307 ]
by Peter Boesman from Djomo, Bayanga, Sangha-Mbare, Central African Republic (call)
Listen to XC762284
Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps ) [XC762284 ]
by Brendan Sloan from Mikongo, Lope, Ogoou\u00e9-Ivindo, Gabon (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with Copper-tailed Glossy-Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda ).
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Purple-headed Glossy-Starling see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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