Species profile
Copper-tailed Starling
Hylopsar cupreocauda
Quick answer
Sierra Leone to Ghana
- Scientific name
- Hylopsar cupreocauda
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Hylopsar
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Copper-tailed Starling in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Sturnidae
- Abbott's Starling (Poeoptera femoralis)
- African Pied Starling (Lamprotornis bicolor)
- Amydrus montanus (Amydrus montanus)
- Aplonis marginata (Aplonis marginata)
- Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor)
- Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
- Atoll Starling (Aplonis feadensis)
- Babbling Starling (Neocichla gutturalis)