Starlings (Sturnidae)
Narrow-tailed Starling (Poeoptera lugubris) - HBW 14, p. 756
French: Choucador à queue étroite
German: Spitzschwanzstar
Spanish: Estornino Rabilargo
Taxonomy: Poeoptera lugubris Bonaparte, 1854, no locality = Gabon.
Monotypic.
Distribution: E Sierra Leone, N & E Liberia and S Ivory Coast; S Ghana, SW Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon S, including Bioko I (Fernando Póo), to Gabon, PRCongo and NW Angola (Cabinda S to Cuanza Norte); and SW, SC & NE DRCongo and SW Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair on the nest hole, preening Locality Nyasoso, Mount Kupe, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 28 February 2006 5 years ago 39 sec 4.2 -
A male and a female on a dead tree. Locality Sebitoli, Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2006 5 years ago 32 sec 3.8 -
A pair on the nest hole, preening Locality Nyasoso, Mount Kupe, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 28 February 2006 5 years ago 39 sec 0
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A male bird perched by a nest hole
Locality Nyasoso, Mount Kupe, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 18 March 2006 2 years ago 3.5 -
Male and female birds by a nest hole
Locality Nyasoso, Mount Kupe, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 18 March 2006 2 years ago 3 -
Part of a small flock in flight
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 27 May 2011 39 weeks ago 2.2
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