Narrow-tailed Starling

The Narrow-tailed Starling is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Narrow-tailed Starling (Poeoptera lugubris) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in West and Central Africa from Sierra Leone to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.. The male is dark blue and the female is dark gray with chestnut-colored patches on the wings, visible in flight. Both sexes have long, narrow tails. Not a very noisy bird, this starling’s vocalizations include shrill chirps, cries, and whistles. More

* Narrow-tailed Starling, Poeoptera lugubris * Stuhlmann's Starling, Poeoptera stuhlmanni * Kenrick's Starling, Poeoptera kenricki * Genus Grafisia—White-collared Starling * Genus Speculipastor—Magpie Starling * Genus Neocichla—Babbling Starling Unresolved The extinct Mascarene starlings are of uncertain relationships. More

* Narrow-tailed Starling, Poeoptera lugubris * Stuhlmann's Starling, Poeoptera stuhlmanni * Kenrick's Starling, Poeoptera kenricki * Sharpe's Starling, Pholia sharpii * Abbott's Starling, Pholia femoralis * White-collared Starling, Grafisia torquata * Magpie Starling, Speculipastor bicolor * Babbling Starling, Neocichla gutturalis * Red-billed Oxpecker, Buphagus erythrorhynchus More

509 Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris photos 510 White-collared Starling Grafisia torquata photo 511 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus photos 512 Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus 513 Bush Petronia Petronia dentata 514 White-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis albirostris 515 Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis 516 Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus 517 Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani 518 Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht 519 Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni 520 Little Weaver More