List of Birds of Sudan - Starlings

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 23 species which occur in Sudan.

  • Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
  • 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
  • Rueppell's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpuropterus
  • Long-tailed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
  • Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
  • Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi
  • Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
  • Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
  • Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
  • Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
  • Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
  • Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
  • White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris
  • Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni
  • Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
  • Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
  • Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
  • Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
  • Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus

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