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Hildebrandt's Starling

Lamprotornis hildebrandti

Photo by Ishan Mehta
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Description:

These birds are very common throughout East Africa. This particular bird was spotted in the Ngorongoro National Park, Tanzania.

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Superb Starling

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
martin6
Image one and five show Superb-starling (Lamprotornis superbus) The others are Hildebrandt's.
DanielePralong
Thanks Ishan. The bird is lacking the white chest band of the superb starling (the band is less pronounced in the juveniles but should still visible). The eye colour is also more that of the Hildebrandt's or Shelley's on the 3rd and 4th pic, but not so much on the 1st and 2nd... At Ngorongoro it can not be Shelley's so I'd favour Hildebrandt's but can't be 100% sure unfortunately.
Ishan Mehta
Yes, they are of the same birds. Whether they're all the Suberb starling or either of the other two, that I'm not too sure of. I took these pictures inside the Ngorongoro National Park.
DanielePralong
Ishan, are these all pics from the same birds? The last two don't look so much like a superb starling, could be Hildebrandt's or Shelley's starling depending on the exact location.

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