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Superb Starling
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Eats
These birds are omnivores, eating a variety of insects, berries, fruit, and seeds.
Lives
Native to eastern Africa in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Dry woodlands and forests, thorn and acacia woodland, scrub grasslands, and around human inhabited areas such as agricultural fields and urban and suburban areas.
Behavior
The superb starling is a very social bird, gathering in groups that can sometimes include thousands of individuals. They hava a long and loud song consisting of trills and chatters. At midday it gives a softer song of repeated phrases. There are several harsh calls, the most complex of which is described as “a shrill, screeching skerrrreeeeee-cherrrroooo-tcherrreeeeeeet.” When foraging for food, they probe the soil with their beak and then force their beak open to clear a space in the dirt to search.
Description
The Superb Starling is a small, short-tailed starling with long, narrow beaks and round bodies. Adults are striking, with black heads and iridescent feathers that shimmer in blue and green. Their vibrant red-orange bellies are separated from the blue chests by a white bar, while their under-tail feathers and wing linings are also white.
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