Starlings, Rhabdornises

Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis caudatus

The Long-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) is a 121 g woodland bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Starlings, Rhabdornises

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

121 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

18

Recorded in Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Mali, Cameroon, Niger, Kenya, Qatar, Guinea, Mauritania, Togo, Spain, Sudan.

Where to see it: Mali NP (Mali); National Park Bamako (Mali); Niamey, Niger centre / Office (Niger); SIL Centre (Chad); Gassi retreat centre (Chad).

Photo: (c) Lucy Keith-Diagne, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist