Adult © Tadeusz Rosinski eBird S64953885 Macaulay Library ML 204461311
Adult © Kris Blachowiak
Adult © Raphaël Nussbaumer
Adult and juvenile © Peter Steward
Adult © Pam Campbell

Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri

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Identification

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An unusual gray-and-white starling of dry country. Note the gray hood, pale eye, whitish crown, and gray rump. The large white patches on the underwing are distinctive in flight. Found in dry savanna, in cultivated areas, and around human habitation, usually in flocks. Most similar to Wattled Starling, but has a gray rather than white rump, a pale eye, and a distinct gray hood. The most common call is a rising, slurred whistle, sometimes given in a long series.

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