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When to see the Sharp-tailed Starling
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Sharp-tailed Starling
The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Tanzania.
About the Sharp-tailed Starling
The sharp-tailed starling, also known as the sharp-tailed glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Easily confused with
Shelley's StarlingLamprotornis shelleyiShelley's starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Principe StarlingLamprotornis ornatusThe Principe starling, also known as the Príncipe glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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