Sharp-tailed starling
| Sharp-tailed starling | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. acuticaudus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamprotornis acuticaudus (Barboza du Bocage, 1870) | |
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The sharp-tailed starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus), also known as the sharp-tailed glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Range
It inhabits open woodland (namely miombo) in Angola, northern Botswana, the southern DRC, northern Namibia, western Tanzania, and Zambia.
Illustration of tail shape
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Lamprotornis acuticaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Sharp-tailed starling - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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