Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Sturnidae > Lamprotornis > Lamprotornis acuticaudusLamprotornis acuticaudus (Sharp-tailed Starling)The Sharp-tailed starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus), also known as the Sharp-tailed glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.33447 EDGE Score: 1.84601 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 67 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 70 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 80 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 3 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Angolan Miombo woodlands |
Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Angolan Mopane woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands |
Angola |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Miombo woodlands |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands |
Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests |
Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bangweulu swamps |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Barotse flood-plain |
Zambia |
A1, A4i |
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Caconda |
Angola |
A3 |
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Calandula (Quedas de Calandula) |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cangandala National Park |
Angola |
A3 |
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Chimfunshi |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Cuango |
Angola |
A3 |
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Cuelei |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Cutato |
Angola |
A3 |
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Kafue National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Kasanka National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kundelungu National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Liuwa Plain National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Luando Strict Nature Reserve |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Mahango Game Reserve and Kavango river |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Marungu highlands |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A3 |
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Minyanya Plain |
Zambia |
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Mombolo (Missão da Namba) |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Moco |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mupa National Park |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Okavango Delta |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Sioma Ngwezi National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Sumbu National Park and Tondwa GMA |
Zambia |
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Upemba National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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West Lunga National Park and Lukwakwa |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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