Sharp-tailed starling

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Sharp-tailed starling
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Lamprotornis
Species:
L. acuticaudus
Binomial name
Lamprotornis acuticaudus
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      native range

The sharp-tailed starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus), also known as the sharp-tailed glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

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Range

It inhabits open woodland (namely miombo) in Angola, northern Botswana, the southern DRC, northern Namibia, western Tanzania, and Zambia.

Illustration by Keulemans showing the pointed tail shape Lamprotornis acuticaudus Keulemans.jpg
Illustration by Keulemans showing the pointed 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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