Sharp-tailed starling

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Sharp-tailed starling

| image = Lamprotornis acuticaudus, Cuanavale-rivier, Birding Weto, a.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Lamprotornis acuticaudus |volume=2016 |page=e.T22710710A94257919 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710710A94257919.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Lamprotornis acuticaudus

| authority = (Barboza du Bocage, 1869)

| synonyms =

| range_map = Afrika Verbreitungsgebiet- Distribution area Lamprotornis acuticaudus.png

| range_map_caption = Range

}}

The sharp-tailed starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus), also known as the sharp-tailed glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

Range

It inhabits open woodland (namely miombo) in Angola, northern Botswana, the southern DRC, northern Namibia, western Tanzania, and Zambia.

image:Zeichng. Schwanz Keilschwanz-Glanzstar.pdf

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