Tag: Starling

Golden-breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius)

The Golden-breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius), also known as Royal Starling, is a medium-sized, up to 35 cm long, passerine in the starling family. The adult has a metallic green head and upperback, bright golden yellow breast and belly, dark bill and legs, white iris and metallic violet blue on wings, back, neck and its long tail feathers. Both sexes are similar. The young is duller than adult. Distributed to the grassland, savanna and shrubland of East Africa, from Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania. Wikipedia –