Species profile
Purple-headed Starling
Hylopsar purpureiceps
Quick answer
REMARK. — Guinea-Congo forest resident. Reported for Arly and Pendjari National Parks as Lamprotornis purpureiceps (Balanca et al. 2007), but not further considered as present in Burkina Faso.
- Scientific name
- Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Hylopsar
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Purple-headed Starling in your journal
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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)