Starlings (Sturnidae)
Long-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) - HBW 14, p. 745
French: Choucador à longue queue
German: Langschwanz-Glanzstar
Spanish: Estornino Colilargo
Other common names: Supple-tailed Glossy Starling
Taxonomy: Turdus caudatus Statius Müller, 1776, Senegal.
Forms a superspecies with L. purpuroptera and L. mevesii. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau and N Guinea E in narrow band (semi-arid belt) to S Chad, N Central African Republic and W & EC Sudan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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one bird peching Locality Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 3 January 2012 14 weeks ago 35 sec 4.6 -
An adult bird preening and flying off, then calling and feeding on a balcony Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Dave Jackson 17 November 2006 4 years ago 19 sec 4.5 -
An immature bird feeding on a hotel balcony Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Dave Jackson 17 November 2006 4 years ago 14 sec 4.2 -
A group on a metal fence Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (Monotypic species)
Juan Sanabria 9 January 2007 4 years ago 11 sec 4 -
A close-up of an immature bird feeding on a hotel balcony Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Dave Jackson 17 November 2006 4 years ago 19 sec 3.8 -
frontal view Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 2 years ago 22 sec 3.7
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Pair in a bush
Locality Saly, Thiès Region, Senegal (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 18 February 2004 3 years ago 3.6 -
Long-tailed Glossy Starling on the ground. Kedougou (Senegal)
Locality Kédougou Region, Senegal
Jordi Palou 18 June 2011 47 weeks ago 3.5 -
A perched bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 7 October 2009 2 years ago 2.5 -
a bird sunbathing
Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia
Rainer Mönke 4 November 1997 1 year ago 2.3
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A bird giving calls Locality Central Park Zoo, Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Michael C 1 April 2009 2 years ago 2
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