Copper-tailed starling

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{One source|date=September 2024}}

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| name = Copper-tailed starling

| image = The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region (1896) (14732355166).jpg

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author1=BirdLife International |year=2021 |title=Hylopsar cupreocauda |volume=2021 |page=e.T22710647A192218429 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22710647A192218429.en |access-date=15 September 2024}}

| genus = Hylopsar

| species = cupreocauda

| authority = (Hartlaub, 1857)

| synonyms = Lamprotornis cupreocauda}}

The copper-tailed starling or copper-tailed glossy-starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.