Hylopsar

Hylopsar
Purple-headed starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Hylopsar
von Boetticher, 1940
Type species
Lamprocolius purpureiceps

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

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Hylopsar 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

  1. ↑ "Sturnidae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.