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 14 species which occur in Botswana.
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis (I)
- European Starling Sturnus vulgaris (I)
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Cape Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Meves's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Burchell's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Sharp-tailed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus (A)
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup (A)
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Botswana