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 21 species which occur in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Cape Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- 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
- Sharp-tailed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus
- Purple-headed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpureiceps
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- White-collared Starling Grafisia torquata
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo