Hylopsar
Appearance
Hylopsar | |
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Purple-headed starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Hylopsar von Boetticher, 1940 |
Type species | |
Lamprocolius purpureiceps[1] J. & E. Verreaux, 1851
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Hylopsar is a genus of African birds in the family Sturnidae.
Species
[edit]Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Hylopsar purpureiceps | Purple-headed starling | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, and Uganda. |
Hylopsar cupreocauda | Copper-tailed starling | Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sturnidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.