Pale-winged Starling
Onychognathus nabouroup
A large glossy-black starling that shows whitish wing patches in flight. Pairs and small groups are resident in semi-desert and desert, where they prefer rocky areas and cliffs, but they also occur in towns and scrubland foraging for fruit and invertebrates. The species breeds semi-colonially on cliffs between October and April. A ringing melodious “preeeeooo” flight call and varied warbling often draws attention to it. The Pale-winged Starling sometimes flocks together with the similar Red-winged Starling, which differs by having brick-red (not whitish) wing patches in flight, a graduated (not square) tail, and dark red (not orange) eyes.
分类信息
- 学名
- Onychognathus nabouroup
- 命名信息
- (Daudin, 1800)
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Sturnidae
- 属
- Onychognathus
分布与栖息地
This starling is found in arid and semi-arid areas in South-western Africa, mainly in areas with rocky terrain, cliffs and gorges.
- 迁徙
- Resident species
行为
It is monogamous.
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- stable
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