Hylopsar

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

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| image = Blakston Swayzland Wiener Lamprotornis purpureiceps.jpg

| image_caption = Purple-headed starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps)

| taxon = Hylopsar

| authority = von Boetticher, 1940

| type_species = Lamprocolius purpureiceps{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=181 |title= Sturnidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-15}}

| type_species_authority = J. & E. Verreaux, 1851

}}

Hylopsar is a genus of African birds in the family Sturnidae.

Species

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ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
120pxHylopsar purpureicepsPurple-headed starlingAngola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Hylopsar cupreocaudaCopper-tailed starlingIvory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

References

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Category:Taxa named by Hans von Boetticher

Category:Bird genera

Category:Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa

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