Starlings
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Sturnidae
Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct, and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen. There are 125 species worldwide and 15 species which occur in Angola.
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Cape Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Meves's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Burchell's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Sharp-tailed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus
- Purple-headed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpureiceps
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Angola