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 15 species which occur in Zambia.
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Cape Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Meves's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Burchell's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Sharp-tailed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Zambia