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

Hylopsar
Purple-headed starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Hylopsar
von Boetticher, 1940
Type species
Lamprocolius purpureiceps[1]
J. & E. Verreaux, 1851

Species edit

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
  Hylopsar purpureiceps Purple-headed starling Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Hylopsar cupreocauda Copper-tailed starling Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

References edit

  1. ^ "Sturnidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.