Copper-tailed Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedFruit

ForestCavity nestSmall · 58 g

Copper-tailed Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda), photo 1 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Copper-tailed Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda), photo 2 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Copper-tailed Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda), photo 4 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Copper-tailed Starling

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Copper-tailed Starling

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ghana Côte d’Ivoire Liberia Sierra Leone

About the Copper-tailed Starling

The copper-tailed starling or copper-tailed glossy-starling 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.

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Easily confused with

Purple-headed StarlingHylopsar purpureicepsThe purple-headed starling, also known as the purple-headed glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

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