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 |
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| 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 is found 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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