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 25 species which occur in Ethiopia.
- European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Splendid Glossy Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Rueppell's Glossy Starling Lamprotornis purpuropterus
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Pied Starling Spreo bicolor
- Fischer's Starling Spreo fischeri
- White-crowned Starling Spreo albicapillus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris
- Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ethiopia