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 1 year 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 5 years ago 19 sec 4.5 -
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 5 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
frontal view Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
An immature bird feeding on a hotel balcony Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Dave Jackson 17 November 2006 5 years ago 14 sec 4.2 -
A group on a metal fence Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (Monotypic species)
Juan Sanabria 9 January 2007 5 years ago 11 sec 4
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Bird on the ground
Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia
Klaus Lachenmaier 21 March 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
Pair in a bush
Locality Saly, Thiès Region, Senegal (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 18 February 2004 3 years ago 3.6 -
A bird on a branch
Locality Benoue National Park, Adamawa Province, Cameroon
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 11 February 2012 49 weeks ago 3.5 -
Can be spotted in the region most of the year and more during the beginning of the wet season
Locality South Kurdufan State, Sudan
Abubakr Mohammad 27 July 2010 10 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult sitting on a mast
Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
MichaelP 4 December 2012 23 weeks ago 3.5 -
Long-tailed Glossy Starling on the ground. Kedougou (Senegal)
Locality Kédougou Region, Senegal
Jordi Palou 18 June 2011 1 year ago 3.5
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Perched and calling
Locality Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford, Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 18 April 2009 8 weeks ago 5 -
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 3 years ago 2
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