Sharp-tailed starling

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Sharp-tailed starling
File:Lamprotornis acuticaudus, Cuanavale-rivier, Birding Weto, a.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Lamprotornis
Species:
L. acuticaudus
Binomial name
Lamprotornis acuticaudus
File:Afrika Verbreitungsgebiet- Distribution area Lamprotornis acuticaudus.png
Range

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.

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Illustration of tail shape

References

  1. 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.

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