Greater Blue-eared Starling
          
         
            
               Lamprotornis chalybaeus
            
               (L 9-9.5")
          
         
         
            
               Has a range of musical or grating calls
               ...breeds from Senegal east to Ethiopia
               and south  South Africa and Angola.
          
         
            
               Pin-point pupils show
               this bird has a drug
               problem...or perhaps
               the sun was very bright.
          
         
            
               Lamprotornis in Greek means
               splendour bird; chalybaeus in
               Latin means steely.
          
         
         
            
               © Jennifer F.
               M. Horne
            
               Macaulay
               Library