Starlings, Rhabdornises

Copper-tailed Starling

Hylopsar cupreocauda

The Copper-tailed Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda) is a 58 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Starlings, Rhabdornises

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

58 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone.

Where to see it: IET station (Côte d'Ivoire); Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire); Meno River (Côte d'Ivoire); Mopri (Côte d'Ivoire); Gola Rainforest NP · East (Sierra Leone).

Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist