Slender-billed Starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris)

Other Names (World)
Slender-billed Starling, Slender-billed Red-winged Starling

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(R�ppell, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, rocky areas. From 1,200 - 4,250 m, occasionally up to 5,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

Extreme south-central Eritrea south to central and southern Ethiopia; eastern DRCongo, south-western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi; Mt Elgon (Uganda-Kenya border) and western and central Kenya; north-eastern and southern Tanzania (Eastern Arc Mts); and north-eastern Zambia and northern Malawi (Nyika Plateau).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Slender-billed Starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris) [XC537891]
by Brendan Sloan from Lembus Forest, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya (call)

Slender-billed Starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris) [XC125865]
by Andr\u00e1s Schmidt from Luwalo-area, Ndundulu forest, Udzungwa Mts., Tanzania (song)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies theresae (described from northern Aberdares, in Kenya) considered largely inseparable from birds in rest of species' range.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

tenuirostris (R�ppell, 1836) - Eastern.
theresae Meinertzhagen, R, 1937 - Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Kenya, Tanzania and northern Malawi.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Slender-billed Starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris) - 10 files

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