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 NT    Copper-tailed Glossy-Starling* Id (Atlas):
    Hylopsar cupreocauda

Description (7)
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Other Names (World)
Copper-tailed Starling, Copper-tailed Glossy-Starling, Coppery-tailed Starling

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1857)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, plantations.

Range (Guide)
Côte dIvoire (B) (NB), Ghana (B) (NB), Guinea (B) (NB), Liberia (B) (NB), Sierra Leone (B) (NB).

Sierra Leone, south-eastern Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
Destruction of forest habitat throughout its range, by commercial logging and clearance for cultivation are likely the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Insects, figs, berries and other fruits.

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

 
Copper-tailed Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda) [XC23299]
     by Patrik \u00c5berg from Gola Forest, Sierra Leone (song?)

 
Copper-tailed Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda) [XC523592]
     by Peter Boesman from For\u00eat class\u00e9e de Yapo, Lagunes District, Ivory Coast (call)

Nest
In holes in dead trees and branches.

Eggs (Guide)
3?

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Copper-tailed Glossy-Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda) - 7 files


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