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 12 species which occur in Benin.
- Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Purple Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Long-tailed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Benin