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 Uganda.
- 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
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Purple-headed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpureiceps
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- 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 Uganda