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Category:Onychognathus - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Onychognathus

Description

Group of Starlings from Africa and the Middle East.
All are rather similar, having a black or blue-black plumage and reddish-brown primaries.
Most species live in arid, rocky areas, a few are forest birds.
The feed mainly on fruit.

Taxonomy

Onychognathus is a genus in the family Sturnidae.


Genus Onychognathus viewedit
O. tenuirostris Slender-billed Starling
O. nabouroup Pale-winged Starling
O. neumanni Neumann's Starling
O. morio Red-winged Starling
O. fulgidus Chestnut-winged Starling
O. walleri Waller's Starling
O. tristramii Tristram's Starling
O. albirostris White-billed Starling
O. salvadorii Bristle-crowned Starling
O. blythii Somali Starling
O. frater Socotra Starling

References

  1. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507

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