Copper-tailed starling
Species of bird
Copper-tailed starling | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hylopsar cupreocauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2018.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
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