Superb Starling
I have heard numerous people say they wish one of the beautiful African species of starlings had been introduced to the United States rather than the dreary European Starling. It would have been much better if no species of starling from anywhere had been introduced. The Superb Starling is both a beautiful and a plentiful bird in Tanzania. It has an iridescent blue crown and upper breast, with a white band separating the blue from the orange-brown underparts. When it flies, it has a short-tailed appearance and shows a startling flash of electric blue. This one was at our lodge on Lake Victoria.
Superb Starling
I have heard numerous people say they wish one of the beautiful African species of starlings had been introduced to the United States rather than the dreary European Starling. It would have been much better if no species of starling from anywhere had been introduced. The Superb Starling is both a beautiful and a plentiful bird in Tanzania. It has an iridescent blue crown and upper breast, with a white band separating the blue from the orange-brown underparts. When it flies, it has a short-tailed appearance and shows a startling flash of electric blue. This one was at our lodge on Lake Victoria.