Lamprotornis hildebrandti
            
               (L 7.5-8" Wt 1.8-2.4 oz)
          
         
            
               Nairobi National Park
            
               18Oct2014
          
         
            
               Found in moderately moist
               savanna and woodland...has a
               number of calls and songs.
          
         
            
               Mozart kept a starling for three years and
               taught it to sing bars of his music.
               (Noah Stryker)
          
         
            
               Lamprotornis in Greek means
               slendour bird; chalybaeus in
               Latin means steely.
          
         
         
            
               © Peter
               Boesman
            
               Macaulay
               Library