Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Photographed at Lake Bogoria National Park, Kenya. 8 October 2010.
Very conspicuous birds of open disturbed habitats. Pale eye, narrow white band across chest separates coppery below from blue-black above. Back and wings iridescent blue.
Sturnidae -- Starling Family
Books Available for Sale on ABE Books:
- Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman et al.
- Birds of East Africa by Stevenson and Fanshawe