Starlings (Sturnidae)
Sharp-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus) - HBW 14, p. 751
French: Choucador à queue fine
German: Keilschwanz-Glanzstar
Spanish: Estornino Colifino
Other common names: Sharp-tailed Glossy Starling
Taxonomy: Lamprocolius acuticaudus Bocage, 1869, Huíla, Angola.
May form a superspecies with L. chloropterus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- acuticaudus ( Bocage, 1869) - C Angola (S to SC Huíla), S DRCongo, W & N Zambia and SW Tanzania.
- ecki Clancey, 1980 - S Angola, NE Namibia and extreme NW Botswana.
- Least Concern
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