Sharpe's Starling (Pholia sharpii) | Photos and ID

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ForestCavity nestSmall · 41 g

Sharpe's Starling (Pholia sharpii), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Barry Stewart, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sharpe's Starling (Pholia sharpii), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Sandra Keller, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sharpe's Starling (Pholia sharpii), photo 4 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sharpe's Starling (Pholia sharpii), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sharpe's Starling (Pholia sharpii), photo 6 — Photo: (c) tlaloc27, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sharpe's Starling (Pholia sharpii), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sharpe's Starling (Pholia sharpii), photo 8 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Sharpe's Starling

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Sharpe's Starling

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 6 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.

Uganda Kenya Tanzania Ethiopia Rwanda Congo - Kinshasa

Recorded as a rare visitor in Burundi.

About the Sharpe's Starling

Sharpe's starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is monotypic in the genus Pholia.

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Easily confused with

Copper-tailed StarlingHylopsar cupreocaudaThe copper-tailed starling or copper-tailed glossy-starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

White-faced StarlingSturnornis albofrontatusThe adults of these 22 cm-long birds have green-glossed dark grey upperparts and whitish underparts.

Moluccan StarlingAplonis mysolensisThe Moluccan starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

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