Nairobi National Park
18Oct2014
Commonly found in East Africa
...white eyes distinguish it from
the red-eyed Hildebrandt’s Starling.
Lamprotornis superbus
(L 7-7.5")
Road from Lake Baringo
to Lake Nakuru
30Oct2014
The starlings only real fault is success.
(Jonathan Rosen)
Lamprotornis in Greek means
slendour bird; purpuroptera in
Latin means purple winged.
© Peter
Boesman
Macaulay
Library