Starlings (Sturnidae)
Chestnut-winged Starling (Onychognathus fulgidus) - HBW 14, p. 742
French: Rufipenne de forêt
German: Kastanienflügelstar
Spanish: Estornino Alirrufo
Other common names: Common Chestnut-winged/Forest Chestnut-winged Starling
Taxonomy: Onychognathus fulgidus Hartlaub, 1849, São Tomé.
Races sometimes treated as two separate species. Notable variation, but much local overlap prevents meaningful classification into more than one mainland subspecies: birds E & S from Cameroon sometimes separated as race intermedius, supposedly intermediate in size between nominate and hartlaubii and with more bluish iridescence on head; birds of Upper Guinea previously separated as race harterti; name hartlaubii, with type locality of Bioko, thus variously applied to groups of W or E, or, as here, to all mainland populations; proposed race leoninus (Sier.. View all taxonomy...
Races sometimes treated as two separate species. Notable variation, but much local overlap prevents meaningful classification into more than one mainland subspecies: birds E & S from Cameroon sometimes separated as race intermedius, supposedly intermediate in size between nominate and hartlaubii and with more bluish iridescence on head; birds of Upper Guinea previously separated as race harterti; name hartlaubii, with type locality of Bioko, thus variously applied to groups of W or E, or, as here, to all mainland populations; proposed race leoninus (Sierra Leone) included within hartlaubii. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fulgidus Hartlaub, 1849 - São Tomé I, in Gulf of Guinea.
- hartlaubii Hartlaub, 1858 - S Guinea, N & S Sierra Leone and Liberia E to Ghana, S Nigeria, and S Cameroon S, including Bioko I (Fernando Póo), to N Angola (E to NW Lunda Norte) and E to S Sudan (Begengai), W Uganda and NE & EC DRCongo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird with nest material in the beak Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 1 year ago 23 sec 3 -
A bird with nest material in the beak Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 1 year ago 22 sec 2.7 -
A male in the canopy, in the company of a splendid glossy starling Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 1 year ago 19 sec 2.5 -
A female in the canopy Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 1 year ago 12 sec 2.5
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Single bird perched
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp hartlaubii)
Arthur Grosset 26 May 2011 29 weeks ago 3.4 -
Two birds perched, one just showing the chestnut on the wing
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp hartlaubii)
Arthur Grosset 26 May 2011 29 weeks ago 3.4 -
High up in the Canopy
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp hartlaubii)
Photo-ay 4 January 2010 2 years ago 2
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