Copper-tailed starling

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Copper-tailed starling
The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region (1896) (14732355166).jpg

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Hylopsar
Species:
H. cupreocauda
Binomial name
Hylopsar cupreocauda
(Hartlaub, 1857)
Synonyms

Lamprotornis cupreocauda

The copper-tailed starling or copper-tailed glossy-starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hylopsar cupreocauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

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