Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
Long-tailed Glossy Starling, near Tono Dam, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image

near Tono Dam, Ghana
June 2011

The Long-tailed Glossy Starling is distributed in a broad band just south of the Sahara from southern Mauritania and Senegal to the Sudan. It is found in savanna woodland and farmland where it is often seen on the ground feeding on fruit and insects.

Long-tailed Glossy Starling, near Tono Dam, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image It has a spectacularly long, graduated tail and is a glossy blue-green with a purple tail and a yellow eye.

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