The Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) has a black head,
iridescent bluish-green feathers on its back, chest, wings and tail, and an
orange coloured stomach. There is a white bar between the stomach and the
chest. Its eyes are white.
Young starlings are not as colourful,
although adult males and females look similar.
The Superb Starling grows to 18
centimetres (7 inches) tall.
They are quite common, found in
gardens, near lakes, and in open scrublands. It lives in southeastern Sudan,
northeastern Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania.
Females lay about four dark blue
eggs, and incubates them for 12-14 days.
MARTINA NICOLLS is an international
aid and development consultant, and the author of:- Similar But Different
in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament
(2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a
Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).
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