Birds with Odd Plumages

Record details

BOP:   458
Province:  
Country:   Nigeria
Locus:   NE_011008DC
Observer:   Ringim A
Date of record:   2018-02-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-12-21 10:59:05
Sp. code:   2784
Species name:   Lamprotornis caudatus
Common name:   (Northern) Long-tailed Glossy-Starling
Family:   Sturnidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BOP-458
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 458 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   The observer reports that he saw this bird within a mixed flock of Long-tailed Glossy Starlings. Note that the white is part of the tail of the bird (and not part of the shrub!)
Date:   2018-05-08 14:30:45
Species name:   Lamprotornis caudatus -- (Northern) Long-tailed Glossy-Starling
Species code:   2784

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