Starlings (Sturnidae)
Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea) - HBW 14, p. 726
French: Étourneau caronculé
German: Lappenstar
Spanish: Estornino Carunculado
Taxonomy: Rallus cinereus Meuschen, 1787, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Eritrea, Ethiopia and NW & S Somalia S to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania, also from W & S Angola and SE DRCongo S to Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and throughout South Africa.
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a non-breeding plumaged bird drinking from a muddy puddle using two styles Locality Liben Plains, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 31 October 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 4.7 -
Two birds with no wattles, in vegetation near water Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 6 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
Several birds feeding in a kitchen Locality Konso, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 December 2005 6 years ago 30 sec 4.1 -
A bird singing and stretching its tail and wings before flying away Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2007 5 years ago 32 sec 3.9 -
Juveniles, one perched in a bush and the other on the ground before flying away Locality De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 2 October 2002 37 weeks ago 12 sec 3.5 -
Four birds on top of an acacia tree, together with a Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Locality Ginir, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 December 2005 7 years ago 11 sec 3.1
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A non-breeding bird near a watering
Locality Hwange National Park, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe
Laurent Demongin 25 September 2004 4 years ago 4 -
Unspesified bird on the ground
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Loutjie Steenberg 28 December 2009 2 years ago 3.7 -
adult without wattles
Locality Lalibela, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 20 July 2009 24 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult male in breeding plumage.
Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 24 April 2009 3 years ago 3 -
A flock, with one adult male and several females and youngs, mixed with some Lamprotornis superbus
Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Luis Mario Arce 22 June 1991 4 years ago 2.5 -
Feefing small fruit
Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 11 February 2010 2 years ago 2.3
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Vocalisations Locality Luisenpark, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Claus Fischer 25 March 2010 3 years ago 4 -
A bird giving calls Locality Volière Gesellschaft, St. Gallen, St. Gallen Canton, Switzerland
(Monotypic species)
Michael C 1 January 2008 3 years ago 3.5
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