In southern Africa, Sharp-tailed Starlings (Lamprotornis acuticaudus) occur only in the northern areas of Namibia, the Kavango and Zambezi (Caprivi) Regions, where they are considered "uncommon residents". Nevertheless, even as residents, little or nothing is known of their breeding activities. They continue to elude most birders to this region, being quite difficult to recognize by the tail, which varies between square to forked and not always wedge shaped. Their calls, behaviour and overall longer and slimmer body shape and chocolate brown under-wing and under-tail are however quite distinctive in separating them from other Starlings with whom they often congregate.