Sturnidae

Sturnus unicolor Photo by Celestino Costa (Flickriver) Common name:spotless starling (en); estorninho-preto (pt); étourneau unicolore (fr); estornino negro (es); einfarbstar (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SturnidaeRange:This species is found in south-western Europe, in Portugal, Spain, France and in the islands of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica. It is also found in north-west Africa, in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.Size:These birds…

Onychognathus morio Photo by Doug Butcher (Birdlife Trogon’s Bird Club) Common name: red-winged starling (en); estorninho-d’asa vermelha (pt); rufipenne morio (fr); estornino de alas rojas africano (es); rotschwingenstar (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sturnidae Range: This African species is patchily distributed from Ethiopia through Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi and into northern Mozambique and Zimbabwe, eastern…

Lamprotornis hildebrandti Photo by Neal Feans (Wikipedia) Common name: Hildebrandt’s starling (en); estorninho-metálico-de-Hildebrandt (pt); choucador de Hildebrandt (fr); estornino de Hildebrandt (es); Hildebrandt-glanzstar (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sturnidae Range: This African species is only found in Kenya and Tanzania. Size: The Hildebrandt’s starling is 18 cm long and weighs 50-70 g. Habitat: This species…

Buphagus erythrorhynchus (Photo from Desktop Nexus) Common name: red-billed-oxpecker (en); pica-boi-de-bico-vermelho (pt); piquebœuf à bec rouge (fr); picabueyes piquirroje (es); rotschnabel-madenhacker (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sturnidae Range: This African species ccurs in patches from Ethiopia and Somalia through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia, and into noth-eastern Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and north-eastern South…