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 LC    Sharp-tailed Glossy-Starling* Id (Atlas):
    Lamprotornis acuticaudus

Description (10)
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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.

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) [XC504122]
     by Peter Boesman from Chingola, Copperbelt Province, Zambia (call)

 
Sharp-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus) [XC508957]
     by Peter Boesman from Kalwelwa area, Mwinilunga, North-Western province, Zambia (call)

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

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • acuticaudus (Barboza du Bocage, 1870)   -  Central Angola (south to south-central Huí­la), 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 Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus) - 10 files


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