Narrow-tailed Starling (Poeoptera lugubris)
About the Narrow-tailed Starling
The narrow-tailed starling (Poeoptera lugubris) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is sparsely present across the African tropical rainforest. The male is dark blue and the female is dark gray with chestnut-colored patches on the wings, visible in flight. Both sexes have long, narrow tails. Not a very noisy bird, this starling's vocalizations include shrill chirps, cries, and whistles. Its habitat is the canopy of lowland forest, making use of secondary forest and forest clearings. It eats mostly fruit, and sometimes insects or seeds.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 2 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Ghana, Uganda in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
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- Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampterrecording
- Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullatarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.