Sharp-tailed starling
Appearance
Sharp-tailed starling | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Lamprotornis |
Species: | L. acuticaudus
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Binomial name | |
Lamprotornis acuticaudus (Barboza du Bocage, 1869)
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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
[edit]It inhabits open woodland (namely miombo) in Angola, northern Botswana, the southern DRC, northern Namibia, western Tanzania, and Zambia.
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References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lamprotornis acuticaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710710A94257919. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710710A94257919.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Sharp-tailed starling - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds