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 10 species which occur in Swaziland.
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis (I)
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-shouldered Glossy-starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Burchell's Glossy-starling Lamprotornis australis
- Black-bellied Glossy-starling Lamprotornis corruscus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Pied Starling Spreo bicolor
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus (Ex)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Swaziland