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 LC    Sharpe's Starling* Id (Atlas):
    Pholia sharpii Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jackson, 1898)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,800 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

South-eastern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia, extreme eastern DRCongo, south-western Uganda, western parts of Rwanda and Burundi, Mt Elgon (eastern Uganda-western Kenya border), central and southern Kenya, and north, western and south-western Tanzania.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Sharpe's Starling (Poeoptera sharpii) [XC396382]
     by Frank Lambert from Nykaweri Forest, Narok County, Kenya (call, song)

 
Sharpe's Starling (Poeoptera sharpii) [XC210328]
     by Andrew Spencer from Harenna Forest, Ethiopia (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has been suggested to form a superspecies with Abbott's Starling (Poeoptera femoralis).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Sharpes Starling (Pholia sharpii) - 10 files


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