Starlings (Sturnidae)
Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio) - HBW 14, p. 740
French: Rufipenne morio
German: Rotschwingenstar
Spanish: Estornino Alirrojo
Other common names: Redwing/African Red-winged Starling
Taxonomy: Turdus morio Linnaeus, 1766, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with O. tristramii. Sometimes treated as conspecific with O. neumanni. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rueppellii ( J. Verreaux, 1856) - S Sudan, N Kenya and C Ethiopia; perhaps also NE Uganda.
- morio ( Linnaeus, 1766) - E Uganda, C Kenya, Tanzania, E DRCongo, E & S Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, W Mozambique, E Botswana, and E & S South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male perched and vocalizing Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Conan Guard 7 December 2008 3 years ago 17 sec 4.4 -
A male in a roof, calling. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rueppellii)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 5 years ago 40 sec 4.4 -
A pair bonding with the female preening the male Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (ssp morio)
Greg Baker 13 September 1999 12 weeks ago 40 sec 4 -
A female in a roof, preening and flying away. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rueppellii)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 5 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A female in a window and flying away. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rueppellii)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 5 years ago 20 sec 3.7 -
Female and nestlings. Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Conan Guard 7 December 2008 3 years ago 7 sec 3.7
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A male
Locality Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Dominique Py 31 August 2010 43 weeks ago 4.3 -
feeding on a flower
Locality Kwa Maritane, Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
Georges Olioso 4 September 2004 3 years ago 4.3 -
A bird perched on a fence.
Locality Drakensberg Mountains, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp morio)
Carmelo López 14 November 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
A bird on flowers in Olifant restcamp
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 12 August 2011 37 weeks ago 4.2 -
A perched bird with a Bulbul looking on in the background.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ken Havard 10 October 2007 1 year ago 4 -
A male perching on the top of the branch.
Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Libor Vaicenbacher 30 October 2009 2 years ago 4
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