Family: Sturnidae

Tribe: Sturnini

Genus: Poeoptera

Poeoptera stuhlmanni Stuhlmann's Starling
Alternative: P. greyi
Audio Recording: C14-10

Poeoptera kenricki Kenrick's Starling

P. k. kenricki
P. k. bensoni

Poeoptera lugubris Narrow-tailed Starling
English: Narrow-tail, West African Narrow-tailed Starling, Ituri Narrow-tailed Starling
Alternative: P. l. lugubris, P. l. major, P. l. webbi
Audio Recording: C14-0

Genus: Grafisia

Grafisia torquata White-collared Starling
Alternative: G. leucothorax

Genus: Onychognathus

Onychognathus walleri Waller's Red-winged Starling
English: Waller's Chestnut-winged Starling, Waller's Chestnut-wing, Waller's Starling
Audio Recording: C14-11

O. w. walleri
Alternative: O. w. keniensis, O. w. nyasae, O. w. elgonensis
O. w. elgonensis
O. w. preussi

Onychognathus nabouroup Pale-winged Starling
English: Angola Pale-winged Starling
Alternative: O. caffra, O. n. nabouroup, O. n. intensetincta, O. n. benguellensis
Audio Recording: G0770

Onychognathus morio Red-winged Starling
Alternative: O. gracilirostris
English: Red-wing, South African Red-winged Starling, East African Red-winged Starling, Abyssinian Red-winged Starling, Elgon Red-winged Starling
Audio Recording: G0769, C14-12

O. m. morio
English: South African Red-winged Starling, East African Red-winged Starling
Alternative: O. m. shelleyi
O. m. ruppellii
English: Abyssinian Red-winged Starling, Elgon Red-winged Starling
Alternative: O. m. montanus

Onychognathus neumanni Neumann's Starling
Alternative: O. morio neumanni

O. m. neumanni
English: Sudan Red-winged Starling
O. m. modicus

Onychognathus blythii Somali Chestnut-winged Starling
English: Somali Starling, Somali Chestnut-wing
Alternative: O. creaghi, O. b. blythi, O. b. frater

Onychognathus frater Socotra Chestnut-winged Starling
English: Socotra Starling

Onychognathus fulgidus Forest Chestnut-winged Starling
English: Chestnut-winged Starling, Chestnut-wing Starling
Audio Recording: C14-13

O. f. hartlaubii
English: Hartlaub's Chestnut-winged Starling
Alternative: O. f. harterti, O. f. leoninus
O. f. intermedius
O. f. fulgidus
English: Sao Tome Chestnut-winged Starling

Onychognathus tenuirostris Slender-billed Chestnut-winged Starling
English: Slender-billed Starling
Audio Recording: C14-14

O. t. tenuirostris
O. t. theresae
Alternative: O. l. raymondi

Onychognathus albirostris White-billed Starling
English: White-billed Chestnut-winged Starling, White-billed Chestnut-wing

Onychognathus salvadorii Bristle-crowned Starling

Onychognathus tristramii Tristram's Grackle

Genus: Lamprotornis

Lamprotornis iris Emerald Starling
English: Iris Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis cupreocauda Coppery-tailed Glossy Starling
English: Copper-tailed Glossy Starling
Audio Recording: C14-15

Lamprotornis purpureiceps Purple-headed Glossy Starling
Audio Recording: C14-16

Lamprotornis corruscus Black-bellied Glossy Starling
Audio Recording: G0768

L. c. corruscus
English: Lamu Black-breasted Glossy Starling
Alternative: L. c. mandanus, L. c. jombeni
L. c. vaughani
English: Pemba Black-breasted Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis purpureus Purple Glossy Starling
Audio Recording: C14-17

L. p. purpureus
L. p. amethystinus
English: White Nile Purple Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis nitens Cape Glossy Starling
English: Red-shouldered Glossy Starling, Damarland Glossy Starling, Cape Glossy Starling
Alternative: L. n. bispecularis
Audio Recordings: G0764, C14-18

L. n. nitens
L. n. phoenicopterus
L. n. culminator

Lamprotornis chalcurus Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling
Audio Recording: C14-19

L. c. emini
English: White Nile Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling, Cameroon Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling
Alternative: L. c. elberti
L. c. chalcurus

Lamprotornis chalybeus Greater Blue-eared Starling
English: Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Audio Recordings: G0765, C14-20

L. c. cynaiventris
L. c. chalybeus
English: Senegal Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Alternative: L. c. massaicus, L. c. hartlaubi
L. c. sycobius
English: East African Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Alternative: L. c. pestia
L. c. nordmanni
English: Angola Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis chloropterus Lesser Blue-eared Starling
English: Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Alternative: L. c. chloropterus, L c. cyanogenys

L. c. chloropterus
Alternative: Lamprotornis chloropterus
English: Gold Coast Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Abyssinian Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling
L. c. elisabeth
Alternative: Lamprotornis elisabeth
English: Southern Blue-eared Glossy Starling, East African Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis acuticaudus Sharp-tailed Starling
English: Sharp-tailed Glossy Starling, Wedge-tailed Glossy Starling
Audio Recordings: G0767, C14-22

Lamprotornis splendidus Splendid Glossy Starling
English: Senegal Splendid Glossy Starling, Southern Splendid Glossy Starling
Audio Recording: C14-24

L. s. splendidus
Alternative: L. s. glaucovirens, L. s. chubbi
L. s. chrysonotis
English: Senegal Splendid Glossy Starling
L. s. bailundensis
English: Southern Splendid Glossy Starling
L. s. lessoni

Lamprotornis ornatus Principe Glossy Starling
English: Choucador, Prince's Island Glossy Starling
Audio Recording: C14-23

Lamprotornis australis Burchell's Starling
English: Burchell's Glossy Starling
Alternative: L. a. australis, L. a. degener
Audio Recording: G0762

Lamprotornis mevesii Southern Long-tailed Glossy Starling
English: Meve's Glossy Starling, Meve's Long-tailed Starling, Meve's Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Audio Recording: G0763

L. m. mevesii
English: Meve's Long-tailed Glossy Starling
L. m. violacior
L. m. benguellensis
English: Benguella Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Alternative: L. m. purpureus

Lamprotornis caudatus Northern Long-tailed Starling
Alternative: L. eytoni
English: Northern Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Audio Recording: C14-25

Lamprotornis purpuropterus Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling
English: Ruppell's Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Ruppell's Glossy Starling
Audio Recording: C14-26

L. p. purpuropterus
L. p. aeneocephalus
English: Heuglin's Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis superbus Superb Starling

Lamprotornis hildebrandti Hildebrandt's Starling
Alternative: L. h. kellogorum

Lamprotornis pulcher Chestnut-bellied Starling
English: Red-bellied Starling
Alternative: L. p. rufiventris
Audio Recording: C14-27

Genus: Pholia

Pholia sharpii Sharpe's Starling
Audio Recording: C14-28

Genus: Lamprotornis

Lamprotornis shelleyi Shelley's Starling
Alternative: L. hildebrandti shelleyi

Genus: Pholia

Pholia femoralis Abbott's Starling

Genus: Cinnyricinclus

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Violet-backed Starling
English: Plum-coloured Starling, Amethyst Starling
Audio Recordings: G0761, C14-29

C. l. leucogaster
Alternative: C. l. friedmanni
C. l. verreauxi
English: Southern Plum-coloured Starling
Alternative: C. l. lauragrayae
C. l. arabicus

Genus: Speculipastor

Speculipastor bicolor Magpie Starling

Genus: Neocichla

Neocichla gutturalis White-winged Starling
English: White-winged Babbling Starling, Babbling Starling, White-winged Babbler

N. g. angustus
Alternative: N. g. kelleni
N. g. gutturalis

Genus: Spreo

Spreo fischeri Fischer's Starling

Spreo bicolor Pied Starling
English: African Pied Starling
Audio Recording: G0759

Spreo albicapillus White-crowned Starling

S. a. albicapillus
S. a. horrensis

Genus: Lamprotornis

Lamprotornis regius Golden-breasted Starling
English: Taveta Golden-breasted Starling
Alternative: L. r. regius, L. r. donaldsoni, L. r. magnificus

Lamprotornis unicolor Ashy Starling

Genus: Creatophora

Creatophora cinerea Wattled Starling
Alternative: C. carunculata
Audio Recordings: G0760, C14-30

Genus: Sturnus

Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling
English: Starling
Audio Recordings: G0757, C04-67

S. v. vulgaris
S. v. purpurascens
S. v. granti


Sturnus unicolor Spotless Starling
Audio Recordings: C04-68

Sturnus roseus Rose-coloured Starling
English: Rosy Starling

Genus: Acridotheres

Acridotheres tristis Common Myna
English: Indian Myna
Audio Recording: G0758

A. t. tristoides
A. t. tristis

Genus: Buphagus

Buphagus africanus Yellow-billed Oxpecker
English: Congo Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Audio Recordings: G0771, C14-31

B. a. africanus
Alternative: B. a. megarhynchus
B. a. langi
English: Congo Yellow-billed Oxpecker


Buphagus erythorhynchus Red-billed Oxpecker
Alternative: B. e. erythtothynchus, B. e. caffer, B. e. scotinus, B. e. bestiarum, B. e. invictus, B. e. angolensis
Audio Recordings: G0772, C14-32