Superb starling!
The gloriously named (and coloured) Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) hails from East Africa. Breeding pairs get help raising their chicks from other family group members, notably juveniles from the previous brood – how about that for community living?
I encountered this handsome beauty, plus its family and friends, at Kuala Lumpur’s 21-acre Bird Park, home to more than 200 species and 3,000 individual birds. Much of the park comprises a ‘free flying’ area, where the nets are so high and so wide that the birds, to all intents and purposes, are pretty much free range. Simulating their natural habitats and diets has also led to a successful captive breeding programme.
Superb starling!
The gloriously named (and coloured) Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) hails from East Africa. Breeding pairs get help raising their chicks from other family group members, notably juveniles from the previous brood – how about that for community living?
I encountered this handsome beauty, plus its family and friends, at Kuala Lumpur’s 21-acre Bird Park, home to more than 200 species and 3,000 individual birds. Much of the park comprises a ‘free flying’ area, where the nets are so high and so wide that the birds, to all intents and purposes, are pretty much free range. Simulating their natural habitats and diets has also led to a successful captive breeding programme.